Constitutional
Basis for Privacy
Nowhere does the text of the United States Constitution
contain the word "privacy." The Supreme
Court has found the concept of "privacy" to be protected by a number of the
Amendments.
Thus, privacy
is known as a "penumbra right."
Schmerber
v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 779, 86 S.
Ct. 1826, 16 L.Ed.2d 908 (1966).