Right to Privacy
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muscadineContinuing my political commentary in lieu of real life content...
Now, Judge, in your view, does the Liberty Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protect the right of women to decide for themselves in certain instances whether or not to terminate pregnancy?
JUDGE THOMAS: Senator, first of all, let me look at that in the context other than with natural law principles.
SENATOR BIDEN: Let's forget about natural law for a minute.
JUDGE THOMAS: My view is that there is a right to privacy in the Fourteenth Amendment.
- transcript of Justice Thomas's Senate confirmation hearings (via Atrios - there's some other good unrelated stuff over there too)
And, just like Justice Stewart, I "can find [neither in the Bill of Rights nor any other part of the Constitution a] general right of privacy," ibid., or as the Court terms it today, the "liberty of the person both in its spatial and more transcendent dimensions," ante, at 1.
-Justice Thomas's dissenting opinion in Lawrence vs. Texas
Hmmm, seems that either Justice Thomas has changed his mind since 1991, or his definition of "right to privacy" depends on what your definition of "privacy" is.
Also, nobody won the MoveOn.org primary (50% or more of the vote was required), but the numbers sure are interesting.
Now, Judge, in your view, does the Liberty Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protect the right of women to decide for themselves in certain instances whether or not to terminate pregnancy?
JUDGE THOMAS: Senator, first of all, let me look at that in the context other than with natural law principles.
SENATOR BIDEN: Let's forget about natural law for a minute.
JUDGE THOMAS: My view is that there is a right to privacy in the Fourteenth Amendment.
- transcript of Justice Thomas's Senate confirmation hearings (via Atrios - there's some other good unrelated stuff over there too)
And, just like Justice Stewart, I "can find [neither in the Bill of Rights nor any other part of the Constitution a] general right of privacy," ibid., or as the Court terms it today, the "liberty of the person both in its spatial and more transcendent dimensions," ante, at 1.
-Justice Thomas's dissenting opinion in Lawrence vs. Texas
Hmmm, seems that either Justice Thomas has changed his mind since 1991, or his definition of "right to privacy" depends on what your definition of "privacy" is.
Also, nobody won the MoveOn.org primary (50% or more of the vote was required), but the numbers sure are interesting.
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Date: 2003-06-28 06:49 pm (UTC)Mousie in LarkRise aka countrymouse ... oh duh: just write to me at ctrymouse_2000 @ yahoo.com and let me know what email address I should use. Thanks! :-)
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