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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... potential, repre- sentative democracy requires constant interest, knowledge, and activism by ordinary people, not just hired-gun lobbyists and zealous members of special interest groups. As Thomas Jefferson put it back in 1787 ...
... potential, repre- sentative democracy requires constant interest, knowledge, and activism by ordinary people, not just hired-gun lobbyists and zealous members of special interest groups. As Thomas Jefferson put it back in 1787 ...
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... potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers for that very purpose: to protect individual liberty (the highest ex ...
... potential. I will argue that there is a morality of American law, embod- ied in the Constitution, that transcends ideology—indeed, was designed by the Framers for that very purpose: to protect individual liberty (the highest ex ...
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... potential source of legal relief was state bills of rights . And while it was theoret- ically possible to find state constitutional provisions supportive of the claims of slaves and freed slaves , the social and political context in ...
... potential source of legal relief was state bills of rights . And while it was theoret- ically possible to find state constitutional provisions supportive of the claims of slaves and freed slaves , the social and political context in ...
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... potential use at all. . . . Without [ ] further specifications, the harm principle may be taken to invite state interference without limit, for virtually every kind of human con- duct can affect the interests of others for better and ...
... potential use at all. . . . Without [ ] further specifications, the harm principle may be taken to invite state interference without limit, for virtually every kind of human con- duct can affect the interests of others for better and ...
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... potentially can result in emotional harm to others , and the existence of emotional harm is too variable to be either ... potential to chill free speech , and their simultaneously aggressive and frivolous use in contexts such as divorce ...
... potentially can result in emotional harm to others , and the existence of emotional harm is too variable to be either ... potential to chill free speech , and their simultaneously aggressive and frivolous use in contexts such as divorce ...
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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