All the jokes about the Third Amendment aside, it's a pretty simple narrative: That amendment was passed at a time when people remembered living under direct occupation in their own neighborhoods from "their own government" It's a very common issue under those circumstances
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It's not an "obsolete" law, it's a very common issue still in many parts of the world -- look at what's happening in Xinjiang right now We've just been fortunate enough to not have to deal with it, until recently
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Notably, soldiers busting their way into people's houses was a very common issue during the Civil War, from both sides It's just the Confederacy claimed they weren't in the US and under the US Constitution anymore, and during the war itself both sides went with that principle
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The idea that US troops and US cops are above this petty shit is a marker of privilege, honestly Like you can tell how someone grew up by how taken aback they are by the idea that an agent of the state might just come and take your shit just to fuck with you
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It’s also, somehow, never had a case before the Supreme Court. It’s an Amendment that is so effective we’ve never really had to invoke it
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It's because everyone starts off with a very narrow and specific understanding of what it means (arguably narrower than it really should be)
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