Galt's Gulch

Does the NSA violate the 3rd Amendment by collecting your metadata?

Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 5 months ago to Government
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Interesting!...NSA spying on you is like quartering a soldier in your home, thereby violating your privacy.

And why did the framers prohibit the government lodging soldiers in private homes? Besides a general distaste for standing armies, quartering was costly for homeowners; it was also an annoyance that completely extinguished a family's sense of privacy and made them feel violated. Sound familiar?"
SOURCE URL: http://constitutionalrightspac.com/articles/could-the-third-amendment-be-used-to-fight-the-surveillance-state

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  • Posted by $ Abaco 8 years, 5 months ago
    The term "metadata" makes me chuckle. "It's not data...just metadata!" It's like the term "copay". "Pay" is still in there and that's what it is. I asked the receptionist at my doctor's office they should stop beating around the bush and start calling it what it is. She blurted out, "Ok. Youpay!" We had a good laugh over that. Anyway...you get the idea.
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  • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 5 months ago
    IMHO, this seems a stretch but it definitely violates the 4th.

    Any communication with another individual must be protected against government spying. That includes any communication with a group of people on Facebook or any other social media site that is not posted as a public comment. Public comments are a different story since anyone can see them.
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