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The Bob Cesca Podcast: President Shart

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Targetpractice6/05/2020 1:12:41 am PDT

re: #276 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Not entirely.

The Third Amendment was incorporated as a response to the British Quartering Act of 1765, which required the colonies to quarter troops in alehouses, inns, hotels, or livery stables if there was insufficient barracks space.

Under the original interpretation of the amendment, if whoever is in charge of Utah’s National Guard in DC is making DC pay to put up troops in DC hotels, that would be a violation of the Third Amendment.

That said, there doesn’t appear to be an issue with Mayor Bowser and hotels; her complaint is troops from other states on DC soil.

A similar case might be the Nebraska National Guard going in uniform and under arms and camping in hotels in South Dakota without permission of the South Dakota governor. The South Dakota governor would be within her rights to tell our Guard troops to get out of her state.

I’m trying to suss all this out, because from what I’m reading her office says she only requested help from the DCNG (who she has authority over), while the NG troops from other states are there at the federal government’s request. If that’s the case, then I’m not sure she has the legal authority to order those troops out of DC, as would a SD’s governor demanding NE to remove their troops. She can demand they be removed, but the governors so far seem to be of the opinion that she’s grandstanding.