{"id":129026,"date":"2015-11-30T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/30\/using-a-forgotten-constitutional-amendment-against-the-surveillance-state.html"},"modified":"2015-11-30T14:03:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:03:35","slug":"using-a-forgotten-constitutional-amendment-against-the-surveillance-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/30\/using-a-forgotten-constitutional-amendment-against-the-surveillance-state.html","title":{"rendered":"Using a forgotten Constitutional Amendment against the surveillance state"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is a military agency (the NSA) that is invading our privacy (sort of like invading our homes) in violation of the Third Amendment (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution<\/a>)?<\/p>\n

Seems unlikely that it would get much traction with SCOTUS these days, but it's an interesting idea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nCould the Third Amendment be used to fight the surveillance state?<\/a><\/span>
\nCalifornia lawmaker proposes an unusual legal theory, but law profs are skeptical.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is a military agency (the NSA) that is invading our privacy (sort of like invading our homes) in violation of the Third Amendment (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution)? Seems unlikely that it would get much traction with SCOTUS these days, but it's an interesting idea. Could the Third Amendment be used to fight the surveillance state? California lawmaker proposes … Continue reading “Using a forgotten Constitutional Amendment against the surveillance state”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33328,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/23\/second-amendment-supporters-still-have-first-amendment-rights.html","url_meta":{"origin":129026,"position":0},"title":"Second Amendment supporters still have First Amendment rights","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 23-Apr-13 1:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Stupid move by the school -- let alone the police -- here. \u00a0I'm no fan of the NRA, but the kid has the right to wear the shirt. 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