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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by ctdonath on Friday July 01, 2016 @10:39AM (#12016356)
Not comedy. One reason for "quartering soldiers" was to obtain evidence and to intimidate within a private space. I've long held any form of broadly imposed in-privacy monitoring (including compulsory back door keys) is a 3rd Amendment violation, especially if the individual is practically paying for it.
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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by clarkmoody on Friday July 01, 2016 @11:09AM (#12016679)
It would be really interesting to see a legitimate 3rd Amendment challenge come before the courts in our time.
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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by mindslight on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:18PM (#12017393)
Mitchell v. City of Henderson.

Now every last amendment from the Bill of Rights has been discarded.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by whoopdedo on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:51PM (#12017722)
Is there anything in the Constitution applicable to open government? I ask because the case is locked behind PACER.

... Or is it? http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020150203D28/MITCH...

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by mindslight on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:05PM (#12017855)
Wikipedia and news articles should give you the details.

I'd say lack of access to law (as well as its unbearable complexity) is an issue of due process and the fundamental rule of law.

But you can't look to the Constitution to dictate everything - its drafters could not anticipate all future developments, and if the government is that citizen-hostile a piece of paper won't stop it. That which the Constitution does specify should be considered more as "behavioral tests", and currently the majority of our test report is failure.

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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by rev_bird on Saturday July 02, 2016 @02:56AM (#12021680)
For what it's worth, the Third Amendment claims were thrown out: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/judge-police-tak...
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Re:Home Computers Connected to the Internet Aren't Private, ... by jbattle on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:14PM (#12017357)
The counter-point presumably being that law enforcement are not soldiers? Maybe the 3rd amendment has been interpreted as applicable to all government agents.
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