Do you think the Framers intended to guarantee the "right to privacy" in the Bill of Rights?

Answer 1

The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people."

Answer 2

Definitely...The rights of privacy are defined in the rights of actions and property by the Bill of Rights.

Privacy does not necessary mean, though included, the right to hide in a corner and not be bothered by anyone. The rights of privacy is defined as to what and how the government insures your rights of actions taken by you as an individual.

The right to decide your own morals or religion, speech and the press are as much a right to privacy as someone locked in his home with the door shut. As John Stewart Mill, member of British Parliament in the 1860's once exclaimed, "your rights end at the tip of my nose". And that right of privacy and the exercise thereof has been the philosophy of the U.S. Supreme Court for most of the 20th century until now.

Without that "right of privacy", we would be living under a dictatorship and not a government "of the people, by the people and for the people".

Answer 3

certainly, Mr. Cass R. Sunstein is erroneous. The word "existence, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" become heavily debated on the time. The framers wholeheartedly rejected the theory that the government ensures a individual's happiness, purely the pursuit of it. in case you fail at its pursuit, then it is your individual fault and not the government's fault. they additionally found out that making certain one individual's happiness might inevitably cut back into and cut back the liberty and happiness of every person else. particular, they have been very plenty attentive to those themes. do no longer sell them short. P.S. William Bradford of the Massachusetts/Plymouth colony in the 1620s found out that socialism is an inferior style of economic gadget, (close to starvation variety of compelled the problem)and hence he broke up the communal nutrition starting to be backyard section into individual plots. After that smart circulate he mentioned that there become an abundance of considerable nutrition thereafter. that's only too undesirable that such a good number of modern-day human beings have not found out this significant lesson.

Answer 4

Personally, yes I do.

The references in the 3rd and 4th Amendments indicate a concept of a private life that the govt was not supposed to intrude upon.

But I also think that that right to privacy had nothing to do with the right to choose or personal bodily integrity. I think those rights are found in the guarantee of personal liberty, which is different than the right to privacy.

Answer 5

Yes, but that was then and this is now...Meaning the framers were living in different circumstances....
Therefore the amendment leaves a lot to be interpreted and amendments must be carefully tailored to suit the actual intent of the constitution......

Answer 6

Yes, it's well documented. Not only do sources from the founding fathers like the Federalist Papers and their letters reflect this but it's often referred to in history.
In fact, one popular unconconirmed story that's often repeated is that one represententative from Georgia stated that they (the founders) should put in a right to privacy "before some damn fool thinks there isn't one just because we didn't put it in [the Bill of Rights]".

Answer 7

I don't think they thought of privacy the way we do today. It was not the issue of their day. If it was, they would have spelled it out. They certainly did not intend to hide a 'right of privacy' between the lines where the supreme court thinks they found it now.
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Answer 8

Yes with the first amendment securing the right to free-will, which is pursuit of happiness. The second amendment securing the right to property and protection of that property from the government, citizens, and foreigners. The eighth amendment securing the right to interpretation of the law for a citizen to question justice served to them, http://www.voteprimous.com

Answer 9

Actually I do to an extent, yes. If someone had told them they could not have certain political books in their home or have phone calls or other forms of communication without government "spying" they would have been quite upset.

Answer 10

Yes, I do; that's at least part of what the Fourth Amendment is all about.