So I am guessing that with Alito's almost guaranteed confirmation, woman should begin to worry about their privacy rights, since it seems we will rolling back the clock to pre-1965 laws. Taking away a woman's right to choose is a bad precedent, and that is exactly the way the Supreme Court seems to be going. It is no longer if, but when this will happen. Very Scary!!For example, Alito has declared that he believes in a right to privacy -- but cited a different kind of privacy than the Supreme Court has cited in recognizing abortion rights. After being asked about privacy for the first time, Alito immediately brought up the Fourth Amendment's protection against having one's home searched, not the 14th Amendment's protection of liberty.
Both amendments create protections sometimes referred to as ''privacy rights," but only the 14th Amendment is relevant to abortion, said Richard Fallon, a Harvard professor of constitutional law. The Fourth Amendment protects only people's personal space, while the 14th protects their liberty to control their personal lives.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Splitting constitutional hairs with Privacy
Interesting read from the Boston Globe on Samuel Alito's view of the 4th ammendment and the the 14th ammendment to the constitution:
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