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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... political considerations that have driven the Court's departures from text and original meaning—including the notion that it's “too late to go back now”—I have not accepted that these considerations should trump, allowing the ...
... political considerations that have driven the Court's departures from text and original meaning—including the notion that it's “too late to go back now”—I have not accepted that these considerations should trump, allowing the ...
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... political ideology can propel adherents into the spotlight and reward them with our attention. Yet few would dispute that this law-is-politics ideology is driving Americans farther apart rather than bringing them closer together. As ...
... political ideology can propel adherents into the spotlight and reward them with our attention. Yet few would dispute that this law-is-politics ideology is driving Americans farther apart rather than bringing them closer together. As ...
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... political rancor that is stifling our country. I suppose it would be correct to say that I have developed libertarian leanings in the context of constitutional theory, but only because, after extensive study of American constitutional ...
... political rancor that is stifling our country. I suppose it would be correct to say that I have developed libertarian leanings in the context of constitutional theory, but only because, after extensive study of American constitutional ...
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... political environment , it is difficult for anyone— judge , scholar , or neighbor — to advocate for more , rather than less , liberty . In the passion of the moment , it is difficult to stop and consider whether , in the long run , the ...
... political environment , it is difficult for anyone— judge , scholar , or neighbor — to advocate for more , rather than less , liberty . In the passion of the moment , it is difficult to stop and consider whether , in the long run , the ...
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... political philosophy was announced in the Con- stitution's Preamble: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence [sic] ...
... political philosophy was announced in the Con- stitution's Preamble: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence [sic] ...
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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