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Re: Contempt of court
Sameer, the roots of the Third Amendment are not in surveillance, but
in the English Crown's desire to minimize the costs of maintaining troops
abroad.
--Mike
> In message <[email protected]>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
> > technically exhausted his right to appeal. It seems like its only a
> > matter of time before other than stopping the government from
> > quartering soldiers in your home except in time of war, there will be
> > nothing more the courts will prevent.
> >
> I read somewhere on the net a *very* interesting interpretation of
> the 3rd amendment, which cypherpunks might find interesting.
> It was claimed that in colonial times, the British authorities
> quartered troops in people's homes as a form of surveillance. E.g. Tom
> Jefferson is suspected of conspiring with friends to communicate
> privately :-), thus the local British military leader learns of this
> suspicion and quarters troops in Tom's home.
> Under this interpretation, it was claimed that the 3rd amendment
> provides protection from government surveillance.
>
> I think it's stretching things a bit, but a very interesting way
> to look at it.
>
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