Posted: 8/19/2017 8:57:19 PM EDT
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I was reading the Constitution this evening in its entirety.
This amendment triggered thought to me. All of the bill of rights are important. We can all agree on that, I hope. However, the 3rd made me think. We take it for granted. To my knowledge, no SCOTUS case has even ruled on it. It's so common sense, so explicit, it cannot be challenged lawfully. And it hasn't been challenged. It's that easy. It was a colonial grievance. So much so, it's #3. Of course we don't expect soldiers to be quartered in our home. It's common sense in a land of free people. It's sad that all the other nine don't share this type of respect. The 10th is a joke, despite being written in to remove all doubt about the role of the federal government. We have to fight for the 2nd. The 1st has been ruined. "Hate speech" is a law now. 4th has been ruined by the NSA I could go on and on. TL/DR I wish the country treated all our Constitutional rights as absolutes. |
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It's easier for a right not to do something (quarter troops, testify against yourself) to be absolute than it is for a right to do something to be absolute. Thus the prohibited persons not allowed to have guns, no yelling fire in a crowded theater, etc. You can't limit my arms. Most important to me: The federal government has no more rights than explicitly stated. All have been trampled on. |
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You can't limit my speech, no matter how hateful. You can't limit my arms. Most important to me: The federal government has no more rights than explicitly stated. All have been trampled on. Certain kinds of arms are limited by law, and their possession by certain kinds of people. I'm guessing it's easier for a court to see those things as reasonable than the right not to do something, is the only point I was making. I agree with you 10A |
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It's quartering agents of the government. Why do they need to only be wearing camo for it to apply? The first amendment applies beyond quill pens. That being said, it's sad I thought I found the one amendment that has stood tall... to find out maybe it has not. I'm sure about the SCOTUS rulings. I'm not 100% confident about the cops. But even then, while wrong to do so: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. |