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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... equal voice to members of a minority group makes them feel like perpetual losers in a game they can never win , creating a “ lack [ of ] incentive to respect laws passed by the majority over their opposition . " 20 Restoring the ...
... equal voice to members of a minority group makes them feel like perpetual losers in a game they can never win , creating a “ lack [ of ] incentive to respect laws passed by the majority over their opposition . " 20 Restoring the ...
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... equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just ...
... equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just ...
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... equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and al- ways so when it violates the rights of an individual.”10 The Framers understood that republican government posed an ...
... equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and al- ways so when it violates the rights of an individual.”10 The Framers understood that republican government posed an ...
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... equal vigor at both the state and federal levels . That the people in their capacity as state citizens still retained a large degree of individual sovereignty is evident in both the text and the meaning of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments ...
... equal vigor at both the state and federal levels . That the people in their capacity as state citizens still retained a large degree of individual sovereignty is evident in both the text and the meaning of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments ...
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... equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property , nor injurious to the rights of the community .... Rights of property , like all other social and conventional rights , are subject to such reasonable ...
... equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property , nor injurious to the rights of the community .... Rights of property , like all other social and conventional rights , are subject to such reasonable ...
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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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