Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 oct. 2008 - 304 pagini 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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... asserting that activist judges should not second-guess the will of the legislatures, even though the text and meaning of the Constitution suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy ...
... asserting that activist judges should not second-guess the will of the legislatures, even though the text and meaning of the Constitution suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy ...
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... asserts that “rules of good manners and good neighbor- hood” must be “calculated to prevent a conflict of rights . . . to insure to each the uninterrupted enjoyment of his own.” With this important qualification, Cooley's conception of ...
... asserts that “rules of good manners and good neighbor- hood” must be “calculated to prevent a conflict of rights . . . to insure to each the uninterrupted enjoyment of his own.” With this important qualification, Cooley's conception of ...
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... asserting: “It is to be observed, therefore, that the po- lice power of the government, as understood in the constitutional law of the United States, is simply the power of government to establish provisions for the enforcement of the ...
... asserting: “It is to be observed, therefore, that the po- lice power of the government, as understood in the constitutional law of the United States, is simply the power of government to establish provisions for the enforcement of the ...
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... asserted : With the Legislature , the maxim of the law , “ salus populi suprema lex , ” should not be disregarded . It is the great principle on which the statutes for the security of the people is based . It is the foundation of ...
... asserted : With the Legislature , the maxim of the law , “ salus populi suprema lex , ” should not be disregarded . It is the great principle on which the statutes for the security of the people is based . It is the foundation of ...
Pagina 27
... asserting that the entire federal Bill of Rights did not apply to the states because “[t]hese amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the state governments. This court cannot so apply them.”72 But even ...
... asserting that the entire federal Bill of Rights did not apply to the states because “[t]hese amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the state governments. This court cannot so apply them.”72 But even ...
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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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