You don't often hear about lawsuits based on the Third Amendment, the one that says "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." That usually-overlooked provision is cited in a federal lawsuit recently filed by Anthony Mitchell and his parents, Michael and Linda Mitchell—an oddity for which we can thank the Henderson, Nevada, police department, writes Jacob Sullum at Reason. The Mitchells, who live in separate houses near each other in the Las Vegas suburb, were forcibly evicted from their homes by police officers responding to a domestic violence report involving one of their neighbors. Follow the rest of this deeply disturbing story, here. [Thanks BJS]
