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Interesting that these are all 'liberal' decisions. Do conservatives not desire privacy, or is it just that we haven't had a conservative right that needed a w
by mikkergp 4y ago
Interesting that these are all 'liberal' decisions. Do conservatives not desire privacy, or is it just that we haven't had a conservative right that needed a way to be defended. I guess a lot of things like freedom of religion and gun rights are enumerated in the constitution. In general not having a right to privacy doesn't seem reasonable in a free world. The recent scandal about California leaking gun owners seems like it could lead to a conversation about the right to privacy for gun owners. The constitution mentions a right to bear arms, it doesn't say we have to keep that gun ownership secret. Seems like this might be particularly true for the anti-government militia crowd.
- Dracophoenix 4y agoIANAL. Privacy qua Griswold (and subsequently Roe) is a limited application of privacy as is commonly understood. A full right to privacy in a classically liberal sense is a right to keep something from the knowledge or access of any or all others by means of (but not limited to) omission or oath. If a right to privacy in this sense were to be applied to the CCW scandal, one could argue that California (or any state) should never have required disclosure of gun ownership in the first place or (should such information have been disclosed by the owner voluntarily) that California had violated a promise to keep such information secret unless otherwise noted.