Amendment X
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Rationale
Unchanged from the original. Everybody take the day off.
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Index: The New Constitution Series
Categories: Politics/Law/Government
No day off! Considering how Congress and the statehouses have demonstrated an amazing ability to pull off all manner of shenanigans “in a manner to be prescribed by law,” I think this one might need at least a tiny tweak 😉 *ducks*
Feel free to tilt at whatever windmills present themselves.
Great. The author feints and Frank falls off his horse.
Windmills can be treacherously clever. Frank is on his own.
But, but…FEMA camps! DHS’s billion bullets! Um, non sequitur! Post hoc ergo propter hoc! Ad nauseam! *ahem* [ / levity]. Thanks for providing continuity and a much needed respite before sinking your teeth into the remaining meat on those bones.