Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Right to Privacy in the Balance
Penumbras and Eminations
If your up on your Constitutional law, you know that there is no express right to privacy in the Constitution. In fact the right to be free from government interference in things like raising your children, sexual relations between adults, how you educate your children, access to abortion, the ability to freely associate, and acess to birth control all arise from this right to privacy. This right, as the Court has put it, is a right created by the shadow cast by the Bill of Rights. So, despite its importance, it is fragile.
The Republicans don't equivocate when it comes to the right to privacy, they don't think it should exist at all. Ironic for the party that wants to keep the government off people's backs..uh? In fact, as Elephant has discussed a number of times in this blog, Sentors like Santorum, Shelby and even majority leader Frist want to get rid of it. Fortunately, they can't legislate it away, it needs to be overturned by the courts. So its with great consternation that I read the news about Justice Reinquist.
If you like having access to birth control, not having the government regulate your sex life, choose how you educate/raise your kids, then you should think long and hard about how you cast your vote for President.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-25-rehnquist_x.htm
If your up on your Constitutional law, you know that there is no express right to privacy in the Constitution. In fact the right to be free from government interference in things like raising your children, sexual relations between adults, how you educate your children, access to abortion, the ability to freely associate, and acess to birth control all arise from this right to privacy. This right, as the Court has put it, is a right created by the shadow cast by the Bill of Rights. So, despite its importance, it is fragile.
The Republicans don't equivocate when it comes to the right to privacy, they don't think it should exist at all. Ironic for the party that wants to keep the government off people's backs..uh? In fact, as Elephant has discussed a number of times in this blog, Sentors like Santorum, Shelby and even majority leader Frist want to get rid of it. Fortunately, they can't legislate it away, it needs to be overturned by the courts. So its with great consternation that I read the news about Justice Reinquist.
If you like having access to birth control, not having the government regulate your sex life, choose how you educate/raise your kids, then you should think long and hard about how you cast your vote for President.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-25-rehnquist_x.htm
