Re: Privacy != right?

Oops, forgot to finish the last sentence of my privacy post. The last paragraph should read: Since there is no specific mention of a "right _of_ privacy" in the Consititution, one must fall back on the implied construction and interpret Constitutional privacy as defined by other amendments. What this construction of the "right _to_ privacy" allows is for appellate courts to weight enumerated rights as more important than implied rights. Thus, in the name of furthering the goals of another amendment (say #6, speedy/public trial), the courts can limit the implied "right _to_ privacy" with fewer problems than if two "textual" amendments had come into conflict. Best regards, Curtis D. Frye cfrye@ciis.mitre.org "If you think I speak for MITRE, I'll tell you how much they pay me and make you feel foolish."
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