Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public MoralityYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 304 pages 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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... Framers provided the guideposts to legitimate constitutional interpretation and could not be undone by causes du jour. My originalist position solidified in the ensuing years, through a clerkship with Judge Carolyn King on the U.S. ...
... Framers provided the guideposts to legitimate constitutional interpretation and could not be undone by causes du jour. My originalist position solidified in the ensuing years, through a clerkship with Judge Carolyn King on the U.S. ...
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... Framers have given us wonderful words and principles that cannot be ig- nored or wished away . With this understanding of originalism in mind , I would agree with Thomas Jefferson's bifurcation of fixed principles versus evolv- ing ...
... Framers have given us wonderful words and principles that cannot be ig- nored or wished away . With this understanding of originalism in mind , I would agree with Thomas Jefferson's bifurcation of fixed principles versus evolv- ing ...
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... 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. The radical ...
... 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. The radical ...
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... Framers intended 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 ...
... Framers intended 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 ...
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... Framers' understanding of the legitimate purpose of government which, in turn, will illuminate their understanding of the legitimate scope of governmental power. Once the proper boundaries of govern- ment power are identified, we can ...
... Framers' understanding of the legitimate purpose of government which, in turn, will illuminate their understanding of the legitimate scope of governmental power. Once the proper boundaries of govern- ment power are identified, we can ...
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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