Into the Weeds of the Third Amendment: Constitutional Protections for At-Home Marijuana Use

The text of the Constitution sets up a series of checks countering the overgrowth of the State s power. The Bill of Rights follows in a similar vein; the principles of these amendments outline citizen-counters to the potentially tyrannical reach of the government. While the Third Amendment has lacked many advocates to date, I believe it has modern applications. Using the original public meaning of the amendment, this Note argues that while the Third Amendment deals particularly with the quartering of soldiers, it also acts as a restraint on government by restricting the state s presence in one s home.