Fast Company: “The First and Second amendments are the rock stars of the Bill of Rights. Everybody knows about them, even if they’re not always big fans, and they frequently pop up in national discourse. The Third Amendment, on the other hand, is more like the Yngwie Malmsteen of the Bill of Rights. Much like that Swedish neoclassical metal guitarist, relatively few people know about the Third Amendment, but those who do tend to be effusive about it. Now, though, thanks to President Trump’s deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to quell protests against a recent immigration crackdown in the downtown area, the esoteric cult of Third-heads is celebrating on social media this week. Their enthusiasm—and the memes fueled by it—are lending this obscure amendment some rock star swagger. For the uninitiated, the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, “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.”

In other words, it protects citizens from ever having to prepare blow-up mattresses and fresh towels for heavily armed houseguests at the behest of the federal government. X and Bluesky users started invoking the Third Amendment as National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles, uninvited by California Governor Gavin Newsom. (It was the first time in 60 years that a president deployed troops in the U.S. without a request from a state’s governor.) Once news spread that troops had entered the city—at a taxpayer cost of $134 million—with only minimal preparation and supplies, forcing them to sleep on floors, social media went berserk…”