shmogie
Well-Known Member
As proven, you don't know JACK about what I or anybody else wants. You are a hysterical bozo whose opinions are ignorant, errant, and pitiful. You actually need professional help, seek it9 judges; 2 dissenting
Depends on whether you are looking for the letter of the law or the spirit of the law. Since some aspects of the Constitution are not expressly clear about some ideas, the Constitution must be interpreted whenever a case, such as Roe vs. Wade, comes along to challenge the current laws. Privacy laws have evolved over time. That's how our system works.
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"The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people." The meaning of the Ninth Amendment is elusive, but some persons (including Justice Goldberg in his Griswold concurrence) have interpreted the Ninth Amendment as justification for broadly reading the Bill of Rights to protect privacy in ways not specifically provided in the first eight amendments.
The question of whether the Constitution protects privacy in ways not expressly provided in the Bill of Rights is controversial. Many originalists, including most famously Judge Robert Bork in his ill-fated Supreme Court confirmation hearings, have argued that no such general right of privacy exists. The Supreme Court, however, beginning as early as 1923 and continuing through its recent decisions, has broadly read the "liberty" guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment to guarantee a fairly broad right of privacy that has come to encompass decisions about child rearing, procreation, marriage, and termination of medical treatment. Polls show most Americans support this broader reading of the Constitution."
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The most frequently quoted statement by a Supreme Court justice on the subject of privacy comes in Justice Brandeis's dissent in Olmstead v. U. S. (1928):
"The makers of our Constitution understood the need to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness, and the protections guaranteed by this are much broader in scope, and include the right to life and an inviolate personality -- the right to be left alone -- the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. The principle underlying the Fourth and Fifth Amendments is protection against invasions of the sanctities of a man's home and privacies of life. This is a recognition of the significance of man's spiritual nature, his feelings, and his intellect."
The Right of Privacy: Is it Protected by the Constitution?
Heaven forbid that you and your ilk get their way, and we have Nazi snoops in our bedrooms. We know that types like yourself want to pry open these privacy rights so you can have full access to every citizen's activities and even our thoughts, 24/7, watching all our comings and goings, and keeping a database on every minutiae, no matter how small. And the excuse you always use is "What have you got to hide?" Nothing, but we don't have anything to show you, either, because it's none of your business!. The bottom line is that you want a certified 'Christian Nation' with its' Inquisitors and Snoops ostracizing all non-Christians and putting them under constant surveillance by your jack-booted Nazi Snoop Brigade Thugs to ferret out imaginary offenses for punishment. That makes you closer to God via contrast, cuz you're on the 'right side' of the Law. IOW, you want total control, and that's because, at its root, Christianity is not based on real knowledge, but insecure beliefs, and because Christians need a devil to beat up on to perpetuate the Hero Myth. Such screwed up nut jobs, Christians are!Yuk!
