At 12:06 AM -0400 7/26/00, Ernest Hua wrote:
> > > > are you saying that the 3rd amendment grants congress the power
>> > > to make law for hte quartering of troops in private homes outside
>> > > of war?
>> >
>> > My read is that they can make allow allowing quartering but only in
>> > times of war.
>>
>> And since the U.S. has not been in a state of war since 1945, being
>> unwilling to admit to being in a state of war, this is unlikely to
>> ever arise again.
>
>I thought recent presidents have been declaring a state of emergency
>for who knows how long.
But that's not what is being talked about. You are not reading
carefully. The Third refers to war, and this is what we are talking
about.
--Tim May
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