he third amendment down the United States Constitution places a bar regarding the quartering of soldiers into private homes without having the proper consent from the owners, placing a forbidden practice in peacetime. The amendment act is referred to as a reply to the quartering acts which was passed by the British parliament during the time of buildup to the American Revolutionary war, which had made an allowance for the British army to lodge the soldiers into private houses.

The third amendment was first introduced into Congress by James Madison in the year of 1789 which was the part of the United States Bill of Rights. This was a response to the Anti-federalists objections within the new constitution. Congress had proposed the amendment to the states on September 28, in the year of 1789 and by December 15, 1791, the necessity quarters of the state had paved the way for its implementation. Thomas Jefferson, who was the secretary of state had announced the adoption of the amendment on March 1, in the year of 1792.

The Third Amendment is one among the lot in the constitution which was of least controversy and was rarely litigated. The American Bar Association, had referred to it as the “runt piglet” belonging to the US constitution. Till date, it has never been considered as the primary basis of a decision which was taken by the Supreme Court. However, the Third Amendment was a basis of quite a number of decisions in the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit case named as Engblom v. Carey.