July 2021

 The Third Amendment

This prevents the government from forcing citizens to house soldiers at their own expense in times of peace. In the 1770s, Americans had to provide food and bedding to the King’s troops prior to the Revolutionary War. Our Founders wanted to ensure that our citizens were not subject to the same abuses that often followed, theft and destruction of property, ravishing of women and abusing property owners.

The Third Amendment reads as follows:

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.