The Constitution: The Expretation Of The Constitution

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I agree that the constitution is a living and adaptable document that can address and accommodate legal decisions related to new and contemporary issues like internet privacy, intellectual property rights, gender identity, and environmental regulations that were not foreseeable by the framers. I agree with this because the constitution really is a living document that has grown with our country and the advances that have been made in technology. The constitution is the supreme law of the land and it is the source of all of the government’s powers.
Internet privacy is a modern issue. The internet makes it easier for the government to see everybody’s online activities. When more people use the internet and have more of their information out …show more content…

Wade dealt with women’s constitutional rights to have an abortion. The court case resulted in making abortion legal in the early stages of pregnancy, but illegal in the later stages. The landmark case deals with the right to privacy because the precedent that abortion be outlawed during the first and second trimester of pregnancy. No, they should not because Supreme Court justice should be politically unbiased and should be able to interpret the constitution in their own way. Not only should Supreme Court justice be politically unbiased but they also hold the power to make changes to the constitution; therefore, their opinions should not be swayed due to the ruling of a past landmark …show more content…

Connecticut. It shows their views on the right of privacy and will affect how they will perceive the rights of citiens when they do get into office. Also, they should be questioned on their views of the landmark case, Griswold vs. Connecticut, because the case deals with certain rights that the people find essential and necessary. to them that needs to be kept or lost and it would force the potential candidates to flat out explain what the case means to them and if they are in favor of it or if they are against it and how they would apply what happened in the case to real life. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court stated that the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy. Concerns a Connecticut law that criminalized the encouragement or use of birth control. Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton, was arrested after being found as an accessory and guilty to illegal contraception. They were both fined $100. They also appealed to the Supreme Court and claimed that the law was unconstitutional. The right to privacy is fundamental when it has to deal with married citizens. The right to privacy cannot be denied to

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