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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... designed to function. If there is a problem with the Con- stitution—in the sense that it will not allow us to reach the results the people want—the modern response is to let the Supreme Court fix it; no need to resort to the cumbersome ...
... designed to function. If there is a problem with the Con- stitution—in the sense that it will not allow us to reach the results the people want—the modern response is to let the Supreme Court fix it; no need to resort to the cumbersome ...
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... designed by the Framers for that very purpose: to protect individual liberty (the highest ex- pression of equality) and promote social harmony. So if anyone asks, “What is the relationship of morality to law in the United States?” I ...
... designed by the Framers for that very purpose: to protect individual liberty (the highest ex- pression of equality) and promote social harmony. So if anyone asks, “What is the relationship of morality to law in the United States?” I ...
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... designed to keep us on track . If this country is to find it- self again , this book suggests that we will need to take out our Constitution , dust if off , and regain proper respect for the morality of American law that it re- veals.2 ...
... designed to keep us on track . If this country is to find it- self again , this book suggests that we will need to take out our Constitution , dust if off , and regain proper respect for the morality of American law that it re- veals.2 ...
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... designed to minimize conflicts between individual privacy and public morality. If we want to strike a balance between these competing forces, we must disinter the structure of this morality. This chapter will examine the Framers ...
... designed to minimize conflicts between individual privacy and public morality. If we want to strike a balance between these competing forces, we must disinter the structure of this morality. This chapter will examine the Framers ...
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... designed to rest it in the State governments? Is it a right reserved to the States or to themselves? Is it not an unalienable right, which lies at the bottom of every free government? We do not believe that, because the people withheld ...
... designed to rest it in the State governments? Is it a right reserved to the States or to themselves? Is it not an unalienable right, which lies at the bottom of every free government? We do not believe that, because the people withheld ...
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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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