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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Halaman xii
... majority passively looks on, failing to push any particular ideological agenda of their own. These quiet Americans deeply respect the principles of individualism, diversity, and equality upon which this country was founded and believe ...
... majority passively looks on, failing to push any particular ideological agenda of their own. These quiet Americans deeply respect the principles of individualism, diversity, and equality upon which this country was founded and believe ...
Halaman 2
... majority's belief that the act is offensive or immoral? In this book, I will attempt to answer these questions. Specifically, I will document and discuss the significance of two foundational principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution ...
... majority's belief that the act is offensive or immoral? In this book, I will attempt to answer these questions. Specifically, I will document and discuss the significance of two foundational principles embodied in the U.S. Constitution ...
Halaman 4
... majority, acting through its legislative representatives. Legislators win or lose elections based on their perceived receptivity to the majority's desires, with the result that legislatures are in a constant state of activity, enacting ...
... majority, acting through its legislative representatives. Legislators win or lose elections based on their perceived receptivity to the majority's desires, with the result that legislatures are in a constant state of activity, enacting ...
Halaman 5
... majority of Americans blame the current state of moral decline on the judiciary, agreeing with the statement, “Judicial activism . . . seems to have reached a crisis. Judges routinely overrule the will of the people, invent new rights ...
... majority of Americans blame the current state of moral decline on the judiciary, agreeing with the statement, “Judicial activism . . . seems to have reached a crisis. Judges routinely overrule the will of the people, invent new rights ...
Halaman 6
... majority rules” position is utterly incompatible with the morality of American law. As Friedrich Hayek once put it, “If it is to survive, democracy must recognize that it is not the fountainhead of justice and that it needs to ...
... majority rules” position is utterly incompatible with the morality of American law. As Friedrich Hayek once put it, “If it is to survive, democracy must recognize that it is not the fountainhead of justice and that it needs to ...
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