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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Page xii
... suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy. Instead, as this book will demonstrate, the Framers envisioned a blended system of ma- joritarian rule within certain limited boundaries ...
... suggests that the Framers did not intend to adopt the British system of Parliamentary supremacy. Instead, as this book will demonstrate, the Framers envisioned a blended system of ma- joritarian rule within certain limited boundaries ...
Page 2
... suggesting that citizens have a right only to engage certain activities in private places. The so-called right to privacy is thereby in confined behind closed doors, protecting only a small subset of 2 A Nation of Laws, Not Men.
... suggesting that citizens have a right only to engage certain activities in private places. The so-called right to privacy is thereby in confined behind closed doors, protecting only a small subset of 2 A Nation of Laws, Not Men.
Page 7
... suggests that we will need to take out our Constitution , dust if off , and regain proper respect for the morality of American law that it re- veals.2 22 8 Chapter 2 The Morality of American Law We hold A Nation of Laws , Not Men 7.
... suggests that we will need to take out our Constitution , dust if off , and regain proper respect for the morality of American law that it re- veals.2 22 8 Chapter 2 The Morality of American Law We hold A Nation of Laws , Not Men 7.
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... suggests that there is some need to get the police involved. And generally speaking, there is no need to summon the police unless an individual has harmed or is threatening harm to another (a topic that will be more elaborately ...
... suggests that there is some need to get the police involved. And generally speaking, there is no need to summon the police unless an individual has harmed or is threatening harm to another (a topic that will be more elaborately ...
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... suggests, explains that concept of police power originated in the law of necessity—specifically, a need for gov- ernment to intervene in the affairs of its citizens in order to prevent the spread of fire, pestilence, or other imminent ...
... suggests, explains that concept of police power originated in the law of necessity—specifically, a need for gov- ernment to intervene in the affairs of its citizens in order to prevent the spread of fire, pestilence, or other imminent ...
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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