Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 304 من الصفحات divIn the opening chapter of this book, Elizabeth Price Foley writes, “The slow, steady, and silent subversion of the Constitution has been a revolution that Americans appear to have slept through, unaware that the blessings of liberty bestowed upon them by the founding generation were being eroded.” She proceeds to explain how, by abandoning the founding principles of limited government and individual liberty, we have become entangled in a labyrinth of laws that regulate virtually every aspect of behavior and limit what we can say, read, see, consume, and do. Foley contends that the United States has become a nation of too many laws where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions—abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and U.S. drug policy—Foley shows how current constitutional interpretation has gone astray. Without the bias of any particular political agenda, she argues convincingly that we need to return to original conceptions of the Constitution and restore personal freedoms that have gradually diminished over time./DIV |
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... decisions such as whom one may marry; whether, with whom, and in what manner one may have sex; whether and with whom one may cohabit; whether one may read or view sexually explicit materials; whether or when one may avoid or terminate ...
... decisions such as whom one may marry; whether, with whom, and in what manner one may have sex; whether and with whom one may cohabit; whether one may read or view sexually explicit materials; whether or when one may avoid or terminate ...
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... of their available power — in America , influence with elected representatives — to prohibit the activities they deem morally objec- tionable . In this environment , judicial decisions in favor 4 A Nation of Laws , Not Men.
... of their available power — in America , influence with elected representatives — to prohibit the activities they deem morally objec- tionable . In this environment , judicial decisions in favor 4 A Nation of Laws , Not Men.
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... decisions in favor of individual liberty over public morality prove particularly controversial . They appear to add insult to injury , exacerbating the decline of moral values and providing legal sanctu- ary to activities many Americans ...
... decisions in favor of individual liberty over public morality prove particularly controversial . They appear to add insult to injury , exacerbating the decline of moral values and providing legal sanctu- ary to activities many Americans ...
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... decisions, though as with early American legal trea- tises, this period is equally replete with court decisions embracing the broader Blackstonian vision . For example , in 1851 the Supreme 20 The Morality of American Law.
... decisions, though as with early American legal trea- tises, this period is equally replete with court decisions embracing the broader Blackstonian vision . For example , in 1851 the Supreme 20 The Morality of American Law.
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... decision in Munn v . Illinois , the Supreme Court cited the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Thorpe with approval , declaring : When the people of the United Colonies separated from Great The Morality of American Law 21.
... decision in Munn v . Illinois , the Supreme Court cited the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Thorpe with approval , declaring : When the people of the United Colonies separated from Great The Morality of American Law 21.
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7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 281 |
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