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> Americans are Constitutionally guaranteed a right to privacy in the home Not really. It's been inferred from the text by courts, but it's been a bit of a lea
by dataflow 3y ago
> Americans are Constitutionally guaranteed a right to privacy in the home
Not really. It's been inferred from the text by courts, but it's been a bit of a leap, and the Supreme Court can overturn the earlier interpretations at any time. "Many originalists, including most famously Judge Robert Bork in his ill-fated Supreme Court confirmation hearings, have argued that no such general right of privacy exists."
[1] http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/rightofprivacy.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/rightof...
- hedora 3y agoRoe v Wade was based on a purported right to privacy (I don’t understand the legal contortions that link abortions to privacy). When they overturned Roe v Wade last year they simultaneously overturned the previous rulings that established a (limited by international standards) right to privacy in the US.