Does the Constitution guarantee Americans a right to privacy?

[bodecea]

Do we?

 

[22lcidw]

Do we?

It does guarantee a right for those who have power to not make anything worse for anyone they deem to not be subservient to their demands. The people in government fiefdoms can spread word to private businesses on anyone. And they do. Well, some of the people go off the rails and others die.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

It's called the Fourth Amendment.

You want to search my property get a frakking search warrant.

*****SMILE*****

 

[bodecea]

I just got told by a Republican running for Governor of Nevada that we do not....Tom Heck.

 

[johngaltshrugged]

The Constitution does not explicitly call it a right to privacy but we do have the right to life, liberty & property. These are all individual rights that do not exist absent the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment.
The 1st Amendment says we have the right speak about our private thoughts & opinions, so those are protected.
The 2nd Amendment to private ownership of weapons, so those are as well.
The 9th Amendment says we have inviolate rights not enumerated specifically.
The 3rd protects the privacy of residences from housing soldiers.
The 4th involves the right to privacy in regards to search & seizure.
The Bill of Rights also guarantees our God given rights which would include privacy.
Do we have the right to privacy if we have a dozen dead bodies in the garage? No
Do we from unwarranted searches or monitoring, harassment, our beliefs, religion, weapons, medical info or speech? Absolutely

 

[Natural Citizen]

I just got told by a Republican running for Governor of Nevada that we do not....Tom Heck.

Do you support the Patriot Act?

Because rights cannot be accepted or rejected piecemeal.

Rights must be accepted or rejected as an Indivisible whole.

Otherwise any arguments for or against them are nothing more than white noise.

 

[rightwinger]

Do you support the Patriot Act?

Was anything but Patriotic

 

[task0778]

The controversial case Roe v. Wade in 1973 firmly established the right to privacy as fundamental and required that any governmental infringement of that right to be justified by a compelling state interest. In Roe, the court ruled that the state's compelling interest in preventing abortion and protecting the life of the mother outweighs a mother's personal autonomy only after viability. Before viability, the mother's right to privacy limits state interference due to the lack of a compelling state interest.


I assume that we are barking up the abortion tree here, trying to get at the right to an abortion that is based on the right to privacy. First, Roe v Wade declared that right to privacy as fundamental, even though there is no reference to the right to privacy in the US Constitution. But is it? Is that something that 9 unelected people should decide, or should it be codified into law by Congress? There is no stare decisis here where prior law dictates that position, and therefore the 1973 SC had no legal basis to make that right as a fundamental one.

That being so, their decision that the state's compelling interest in preventing abortion and protecting the life of the mother outweighs a mother's personal autonomy only after viability is open to question. They had no legal basis to make that call; the decision concerning what outweighs what was not theirs to make; they in effect created a constitutional right and legislated law from the bench, which they do not have the authority to do. It should not be up to them to decide what outweighs what, that should be up to the Congress or the states to consider. Who are they to decide that viability should be the only determinate? Even if the right to privacy is fundamental, they have nothing to base the determination for when an abortion should be legal and when it shouldn't. That is not their call to make.

"Before viability, the mother's right to privacy limits state interference due to the lack of a compelling state interest." Based on what law or prior ruling did they decide this? I don't believe there is one, they made it up out of thin air. Which is not within their purview; really, that decision ought to be up to the states to determine what their compelling state interest are, in the absence of any federal law.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Was anything but Patriotic

Yeah. Pretty much.

 

[Ringtone]

The Constitution does not explicitly call it a right to privacy but we do have the right to life, liberty & property. These are all individual rights that do not exist absent the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment.
The 1st Amendment says we have the right speak about our private thoughts & opinions, so those are protected.
The 2nd Amendment to private ownership of weapons, so those are as well.
The 9th Amendment says we have inviolate rights not enumerated specifically.
The 3rd protects the privacy of residences from housing soldiers.
The 4th involves the right to privacy in regards to search & seizure.
The Bill of Rights also guarantees our God given rights which would include privacy.
Do we have the right to privacy if we have a dozen dead bodies in the garage? No
Do we from unwarranted searches or monitoring, harassment, our beliefs, religion, weapons, medical info or speech? Absolutely

I do not follow you. Would you rewrite the following assertion, i.e., express it in a different or more explanatory way?

The Constitution does not explicitly call it a right to privacy but we do have the right to life, liberty & property. These are all individual rights that do not exist absent the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment.​

Specifically, are you saying that the 14th explicitly confers a right to privacy and that the inherent rights of natural law do not exist sans the 14th?

Thanks.

 

[Oddball]

I just got told by a Republican running for Governor of Nevada that we do not....Tom Heck.

Helping turn Califonia into a total shithole wasn't enough for you, huh?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The Constitution does not explicitly call it a right to privacy but we do have the right to life, liberty & property. These are all individual rights that do not exist absent the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment.
The 1st Amendment says we have the right speak about our private thoughts & opinions, so those are protected.
The 2nd Amendment to private ownership of weapons, so those are as well.
The 9th Amendment says we have inviolate rights not enumerated specifically.
The 3rd protects the privacy of residences from housing soldiers.
The 4th involves the right to privacy in regards to search & seizure.
The Bill of Rights also guarantees our God given rights which would include privacy.
Do we have the right to privacy if we have a dozen dead bodies in the garage? No
Do we from unwarranted searches or monitoring, harassment, our beliefs, religion, weapons, medical info or speech? Absolutely

No rights are "God given". If they were the whole world would have them.

 

[okfine]

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It's called the Fourth Amendment.

You want to search my property get a frakking search warrant.

*****SMILE*****

Are you paranoid?

 

[fncceo]

You want to search my property get a frakking search warrant.

In fact, in many situations, your person and property can be searched without a warrant.

For example, if you are arrested for any offense, you can be searched for the safety of the arresting officer,

 

[progressive hunter]

No rights are "God given". If they were the whole world would have them.

tommy youre just more proof stupid cant be fixed,,

everyone has those rights,, its just idiots like you wont fight for them and allow your governments to take them away,,

 

[progressive hunter]

In fact, in many situations, your person and property can be searched without a warrant.

For example, if you are arrested for any offense, you can be searched for the safety of the arresting officer,

not true,, you can be patted down bit not searched,,

 

[bodecea]

Was anything but Patriotic

Agreed.

 

[bodecea]

When this

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It's called the Fourth Amendment.

You want to search my property get a frakking search warrant.

*****SMILE*****

So...if women were to get an abortion provider make house calls, that would be ok?

 

[Big Bend Texas]

Do we?

There is no overarching protection of privacy, only limited privacy rights under our constitution.

 

[bodecea]

Helping turn Califonia into a total shithole wasn't enough for you, huh?

derailing the thread