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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... citizens to be ever on the watch , and if the gangrene is to prevail at last , let the day be kept off as long as possible . " If liberals may ignore inconvenient constitutional text and its meaning then ipso facto the conservatives may ...
... citizens to be ever on the watch , and if the gangrene is to prevail at last , let the day be kept off as long as possible . " If liberals may ignore inconvenient constitutional text and its meaning then ipso facto the conservatives may ...
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... citizens what specific actions are punishable. These ordinary laws often reflect “public moral- ity”—i.e., the passions, prejudices, and moral beliefs of a portion of the citi- zenry. But are they legitimate exercises of governmental ...
... citizens what specific actions are punishable. These ordinary laws often reflect “public moral- ity”—i.e., the passions, prejudices, and moral beliefs of a portion of the citi- zenry. But are they legitimate exercises of governmental ...
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... citizens can say, read, see, consume, and do.7 One need only peruse the 36,000-plus pages of the United States Code, the corresponding 210-plus volumes of the Code of Federal Regulations, the over 75,000 pages of the Federal Register ...
... citizens can say, read, see, consume, and do.7 One need only peruse the 36,000-plus pages of the United States Code, the corresponding 210-plus volumes of the Code of Federal Regulations, the over 75,000 pages of the Federal Register ...
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... enacted laws by an inherently undemo- cratic , appointed - for - life judiciary.16 Citizens unhappy with public morality— based laws should complain to their elected representatives and lobby A Nation of Laws , Not Men 5.
... enacted laws by an inherently undemo- cratic , appointed - for - life judiciary.16 Citizens unhappy with public morality— based laws should complain to their elected representatives and lobby A Nation of Laws , Not Men 5.
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... citizens (or, more accurately, a majority of those voting) would keep their representatives in line by wielding the power of the franchise.7 But popular sovereignty is not an unidimensional collective concept. It has a more subtle, but ...
... citizens (or, more accurately, a majority of those voting) would keep their representatives in line by wielding the power of the franchise.7 But popular sovereignty is not an unidimensional collective concept. It has a more subtle, but ...
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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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