Telling Johnny Redcoat to Scram

These are not particularly joyous days for legal fans of a liberal bent, seeing as how SCOTUS has just brought us ever-closer to selling naming rights to federal buildings. (The "1-800-FLOWERS White House Rose Garden" has a nice ring to it.) If you fall into that ideological category, let us brighten your day a tad by recalling a triumph of yore: the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal's landmark decision in Engblom v. Carey, which resulted in a more expansive understanding of the Third Amendment.

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