While I'm still reading about our presidents (I'm on Lincoln #16), I am taking a break from blogging about my presidents project to concentrate on this strange and surreal time in our lives. Ironically, I began my project to try and discern how the past influences the present and what we can learn from the past to better our present. Now, the answer is more obvious than ever. The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution states: 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 manner to be prescribed by law. The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison (#5) in response to British soldiers quartering themselves wherever they pleased. It was ratified by the States in 1791 and is relevant today. Not because soldiers are going to be knocking on our doors, but because Madison was prescient in acknowledging the need to balance war and peacetime directives. During war, the government can order hom......

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