Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 1 Okt 2008 - 304 halaman 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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... allowing the Constitution to be effectively amended sub silentio. One of the most ironic things about the Court's ... allow us to reach the results the people want—the modern response is to let the Supreme Court fix it; no need to ...
... allowing the Constitution to be effectively amended sub silentio. One of the most ironic things about the Court's ... allow us to reach the results the people want—the modern response is to let the Supreme Court fix it; no need to ...
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... allowed desired changes to oc- cur . For example , the Court's infamous “ switch in time that saved nine ” during the New Deal ... allow these principles to meet the changing needs of society . The necessary focus on contemporary issues ...
... allowed desired changes to oc- cur . For example , the Court's infamous “ switch in time that saved nine ” during the New Deal ... allow these principles to meet the changing needs of society . The necessary focus on contemporary issues ...
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... allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the federal government considers it a felony. If con- victed, he faces many years in prison and the loss of his rights to vote and possess a gun. An American meets the love of her life ...
... allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes, the federal government considers it a felony. If con- victed, he faces many years in prison and the loss of his rights to vote and possess a gun. An American meets the love of her life ...
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... allow judges to sit as a super - legislature over the people and invalidate democratically enacted laws by an inherently undemo- cratic , appointed - for - life judiciary.16 Citizens unhappy with public morality— based laws should ...
... allow judges to sit as a super - legislature over the people and invalidate democratically enacted laws by an inherently undemo- cratic , appointed - for - life judiciary.16 Citizens unhappy with public morality— based laws should ...
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... allowed by a Maryland statute and Congress had passed an act adopting the “laws of the state of Maryland, as they now exist” as the laws for the District of Columbia. The Court refused to view the act of Congress as a “re-enactment” of ...
... allowed by a Maryland statute and Congress had passed an act adopting the “laws of the state of Maryland, as they now exist” as the laws for the District of Columbia. The Court refused to view the act of Congress as a “re-enactment” of ...
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