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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... example , the Court's infamous “ switch in time that saved nine ” during the New Deal is hailed by liberals as a positive transformative moment because the Court's interpretive turnabout permitted various legislative acts - presum- ably ...
... example , the Court's infamous “ switch in time that saved nine ” during the New Deal is hailed by liberals as a positive transformative moment because the Court's interpretive turnabout permitted various legislative acts - presum- ably ...
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... example - yet they rarely stop to con- sider whether their own zeal to legislatively coerce moral values is the same ugly beast wrapped in an American flag . American history is replete with tragic ex- amples of legislatively enforced ...
... example - yet they rarely stop to con- sider whether their own zeal to legislatively coerce moral values is the same ugly beast wrapped in an American flag . American history is replete with tragic ex- amples of legislatively enforced ...
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... example, declared in its first article that “all government of right originates from the peo- ple, is founded in compact only, and instituted solely for the good of the whole.”4 The revolutionary constitutions of Delaware, Georgia ...
... example, declared in its first article that “all government of right originates from the peo- ple, is founded in compact only, and instituted solely for the good of the whole.”4 The revolutionary constitutions of Delaware, Georgia ...
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... example , proclaimed , “ If . . . there is no bill of rights in the United States — how can [ a citizen ] take advantage of a natural right founded in reason , could he plead it and produce Locke , Sydney , or Mon- tesquieu as authority ...
... example , proclaimed , “ If . . . there is no bill of rights in the United States — how can [ a citizen ] take advantage of a natural right founded in reason , could he plead it and produce Locke , Sydney , or Mon- tesquieu as authority ...
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... example , congressional powers are neatly enumerated in Article I , section eight , giving Congress power to regulate commerce , borrow and coin money , establish uniform bankruptcy and naturalization laws , etc. Once the Constitution ...
... example , congressional powers are neatly enumerated in Article I , section eight , giving Congress power to regulate commerce , borrow and coin money , establish uniform bankruptcy and naturalization laws , etc. Once the Constitution ...
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The Harm Principle | 41 |
4 Marriage | 65 |
5 Sex | 102 |
6 Reproduction | 131 |
7 Medical Care | 151 |
8 Food Drugs and Alcohol | 178 |
Notes | 199 |
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