What do you think of the Trump administration ignoring the Fifth Amendment when it comes to immigrants?

@BorealPedant I would not put it past them.

Most people do not even know what that one is. I looked that up some time ago and thought, "Was that ever actually a problem?" Maybe it happened in Britain.

For everyone else -

@HoeBag Yeah, the third amendment has been considered a bit of a joke for the past century but was a serious problem in militia days.

And, well, if they are sending armies into cities to attack civilians, they have to stay *somewhere*...

@BorealPedant
oh h3ll I didn't even think of that.

I guess that would explain the concern of having the national guard in some cities.

@HoeBag That and the entire police state thing.

@BorealPedant The national guard has not been to my city yet, not on a large scale, I do not know what they do exactly when they go to cities.

I guess some people imagine the guard being in their city means a war zone, like Gaza, but I do not think that is the case.

@HoeBag Nah, Gaza is entirely different.

A police state means a country where there's an extreme level of control over society and expression of political freedoms. Police states enforce a higher level of peace than other states. You know where there's no problem with gang violence? North Korea.

Police states require large amounts of police and/or military within the population to enforce the rule of the state. And they're fine if you have nothing to say or do which upsets the state.

There's an old joke I like.