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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... common defence [sic], promote the general Welfare, and secure the Bless- ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Con- stitution for the United States of America.”2 In these words, the people of the ...
... common defence [sic], promote the general Welfare, and secure the Bless- ings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Con- stitution for the United States of America.”2 In these words, the people of the ...
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... law: laws restraining individual liberty in order to preserve order; and laws restraining individual lib- erty in ... common theme is one of a police power limited to carrying out the purpose of government itself—that is, preventing and ...
... law: laws restraining individual liberty in order to preserve order; and laws restraining individual lib- erty in ... common theme is one of a police power limited to carrying out the purpose of government itself—that is, preventing and ...
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... laws for the common good . ' This does not confer power upon the whole people to control rights which are purely and exclusively private , Thorpe v . R. & B. Railroad Co. , but it does au- thorize the establishment of laws requiring ...
... laws for the common good . ' This does not confer power upon the whole people to control rights which are purely and exclusively private , Thorpe v . R. & B. Railroad Co. , but it does au- thorize the establishment of laws requiring ...
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... common law, that no man shall be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense. I am, however, inclined to the opinion that the article in question does extend to all judicial ... law of The Morality of American Law 23.
... common law, that no man shall be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense. I am, however, inclined to the opinion that the article in question does extend to all judicial ... law of The Morality of American Law 23.
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... common law ancestors was to leave primary en- forcement of individual rights to the legislative, not judicial, branch. In Great Britain, individual rights had been forcibly extracted as “privileges” granted by the monarch after ...
... common law ancestors was to leave primary en- forcement of individual rights to the legislative, not judicial, branch. In Great Britain, individual rights had been forcibly extracted as “privileges” granted by the monarch after ...
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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