The conclusion held that a woman's right to an abortion falls within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. ... The basis of the case was that women were entitled to their right of privacy. Our individual rights are considered the base of the United States law. On the other hand, the United States Constitution does not mention the right of "privacy" anywhere. ... Blackman, who argued the idea of privacy rights when he penned the Roe v. ...

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Where doubt exists, law and government are encumbered to come down on the side of individual liberty" (Thomas, 2003). ... The search and seizure provisions of the Fourth Amendment are all about privacy. Privacy in this circumstance is defined as the freedom to decide which details of your life will be revealed to the public and which will be revealed only to those you care to share them with. ... In theory, this means that the police may override your privacy concerns and conduct a search of your home, barn, car, boat, office, personal or business documents, bank account records, trash barrel ...

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That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification before being allowed to cast their votes. ... It created an uproar among U.S. citizens; some insisted that the laws were necessary to protect the integrity of the vote, while some felt that the laws were unfair because they would make it more difficult for some people to vote than others. Although Voter ID laws just became a hot topic in the public eye within the past year or so, the first laws of this nature came into existence in 2002 with the Help Americans V...

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Others may be recognized as the law develops. ... Federal and state laws govern the establishment and administration of prisons as well as the rights of the inmates (Lund, Lynn J., Deland, Gary, Gallaher, Sharon, and Bowker, Gary.) ... Inmates do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prison cells and are not protected from "shakedowns," or searches of their cells to look for weapons, drugs, or other contraband. ... The US Constitution gives female inmates privacy rights that prevent male officers from "pat-down searching" them. ... Under protection of the Constitution, male in...

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Libertarianism can trace its history as far back as sixth century BC philosopher Lao-tzu who accordingly stated "Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony." (6:27) Nevertheless, Libertarianism as it pertains to the United States struck a cord with Americans under the despotic colonial rule of Great Britain. ...

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Anthony's reputation often overshadowed the fact that she defied the law in a time when this was a very unusual occurrence. ... They also knew that the likelihood of the law being changed while the war raged. ...

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• Grade Level: High School