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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... different constitutional response: (1) the possibility that elected representatives would ig- nore the desires of the majority; (2) the possibility that elected representatives would exceed the limits of defined governmental power ; and ...
... different constitutional response: (1) the possibility that elected representatives would ig- nore the desires of the majority; (2) the possibility that elected representatives would exceed the limits of defined governmental power ; and ...
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... different governments, a nation within a na- tion, imperium in imperio, we have but one people; and that the same people which, divided into separate communities, constitute the respective State gov- ernments, comprise in the aggregate ...
... different governments, a nation within a na- tion, imperium in imperio, we have but one people; and that the same people which, divided into separate communities, constitute the respective State gov- ernments, comprise in the aggregate ...
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... different type of morality than that to which most people commonly refer when they speak of morality. The colloquial understanding of morality refers to the beliefs, passions, and prejudices of the citizenry, which are often grounded in ...
... different type of morality than that to which most people commonly refer when they speak of morality. The colloquial understanding of morality refers to the beliefs, passions, and prejudices of the citizenry, which are often grounded in ...
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... different spirit, and in a new direction; and although the discovery of nothing very astonishing, yet the discovery of something very useful and true, has been the result. The dread and redoubtable sovereign, when traced to his ultimate ...
... different spirit, and in a new direction; and although the discovery of nothing very astonishing, yet the discovery of something very useful and true, has been the result. The dread and redoubtable sovereign, when traced to his ultimate ...
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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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