Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1. 10. 2008. - 304 страница 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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... causes du jour. My originalist position solidified in the ensuing years, through a clerkship with Judge Carolyn King on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, an LL.M. at Harvard Law School, and as a professor of law. With new ...
... causes du jour. My originalist position solidified in the ensuing years, through a clerkship with Judge Carolyn King on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, an LL.M. at Harvard Law School, and as a professor of law. With new ...
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... causes severe nausea and appetite loss. Numerous prescriptions prove ineffective or pro- duce intolerable side effects. As a last-ditch effort, the man smokes marijuana and finds that it relieves his pain and stimulates his ap- petite ...
... causes severe nausea and appetite loss. Numerous prescriptions prove ineffective or pro- duce intolerable side effects. As a last-ditch effort, the man smokes marijuana and finds that it relieves his pain and stimulates his ap- petite ...
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... causing many legal scholars to conclude that these in- cipient American states did not genuinely embrace them . But these early laws — adopted at a time when states were colonies of the British empire — are reflective of British norms ...
... causing many legal scholars to conclude that these in- cipient American states did not genuinely embrace them . But these early laws — adopted at a time when states were colonies of the British empire — are reflective of British norms ...
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... cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor , and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence ; to enact laws requiring excessive bail ...
... cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor , and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence ; to enact laws requiring excessive bail ...
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... caused the United States Supreme Court to contort the Constitution in such an unjust and unsupportable manner? Once again, the ineluctable answer is slavery. Al- though slavery had been officially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment ...
... caused the United States Supreme Court to contort the Constitution in such an unjust and unsupportable manner? Once again, the ineluctable answer is slavery. Al- though slavery had been officially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment ...
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4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 281 |
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