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[–] 129 points 3 months ago (10 children)

It's a joke, but that shit was serious. Imagine a squad of heavily armed men showing up and demanding to sleep in your house, eat your food, and potentially steal your things and sexually assault you or your family members. And if you refuse or resist, they will still do all of those things but assault or kill you.

That's how this worked in Europe for much of history and for America.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago

    I dream of the day when someone tries to challenge the evidence of a police search based on the Third Amendment:

    "Your honor, I move to dismiss the mountain of evidence obtained from my client's alleged "drug lab of the gods" based on the local PD's violation of my client's Third Amendment rights! As you know, the alleged drug lab took several days for the police to process through, and in that time, they violated my client's rights! First, they were heavily militarized, decked out entirely in gear completely unfit for peace officers and only fit for soldiers. Therefore they should count as "troops" under the Third Amendment. And, during the search, they quartered themselves in my client's home! Two of them stole snacks from the fridge, and one took a short nap on my client's couch. These troops were quartering themselves, in peace time, in my client's home. Therefore, all evidence from the search must be declared inadmissible!"

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    Now, if heavily armed men show up at my door demanding these things, I can say "I'm afraid that's unconstitutional my guy!" And they will go " Oh shit I'm sorry I totally spaced on 3A!" And they will leave my belongings and wife alone.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Laws are about recourse, not prevention.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Which is why there is a section on your tax form to report bribes.

    Obviously no one does, it's just something else they can throw at you when they catch you.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    The IRS doesn't give a shit if you accept a bribe, they just want their cut. Income is income, no matter the source.

    Technically speaking, accepting a bribe is not illegal in most cases, just unethical always.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago

    It’s also worth noting that soldiers were the cops at the time of the third amendment, so it’s not even just about soldiers, but law enforcement more broadly (or at least it was at the time). That framing makes its position between the second and the fourth make more sense.

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  • [–] 55 points 3 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 36 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Considering we've seen them sending out the national guard without housing plans and launching ice raids from private campuses, this doesn't seem far fetched?

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  • [–] 45 points 3 months ago
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    This sounds hypothetical and old fashioned but Trump was trying to force hotels to house ICE agents while they do their gestapo shit. So it's still very relevant.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Gotta love how all the "rights" from the state are just phony promises that the state won't attack you.

    No rights for basic human needs: food, water, shelter, clean air, etc...

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Reading the american constitution shocked me, how can a country have such a constitution?! It promises almost nothing, it's just the barebone! How can it be so short too?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Even better, when he's on deployment, other men sleep at HIS house. True UNO reverse card.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    Be a weird 8th amendment person! Rail endlessly against the death penalty and inhumane prison conditions! But like in a way that's as annoying as the 2nders are

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    Worst amendment: 18th

    Best amendment: 21st

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    I don’t know… Whenever I had guys who were in the military sleepover at my place, it was pretty amazing

    It was always their endurance that I found the most impressive 😉

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