Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralitydivIn 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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... us to take so that America, a melting pot of society, could live up to its potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers ...
... us to take so that America, a melting pot of society, could live up to its potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers ...
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... laws are immoral exercises of governmental power, in- consistent with the morality of American law. Unfortunately, popular understanding of and appreciation for the morality of American law has vanished into thin air. There is a ...
... laws are immoral exercises of governmental power, in- consistent with the morality of American law. Unfortunately, popular understanding of and appreciation for the morality of American law has vanished into thin air. There is a ...
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... laws . The exponential growth of laws is an ineluctable by - product of disregarding the morality of American law . Growing legislative power and its inherent exer- cise in the name of majoritarian whims have slowly eroded the ...
... laws . The exponential growth of laws is an ineluctable by - product of disregarding the morality of American law . Growing legislative power and its inherent exer- cise in the name of majoritarian whims have slowly eroded the ...
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... American law . It assumes that legisla- tive power is plenary in the absence of some specifically enumerated limitation . to the contrary rather than assuming the opposite - in other words , that citi- zens retain all power ...
... American law . It assumes that legisla- tive power is plenary in the absence of some specifically enumerated limitation . to the contrary rather than assuming the opposite - in other words , that citi- zens retain all power ...
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... American legal principles of individuality , equality , and liberty is precisely what is needed in a heterogeneous society . Recognizing and restoring the morality of American law would ... American Law We hold A Nation of Laws , Not Men 7.
... American legal principles of individuality , equality , and liberty is precisely what is needed in a heterogeneous society . Recognizing and restoring the morality of American law would ... American Law We hold A Nation of Laws , Not Men 7.
Contents
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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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