Constitutional Commentary
“[s]pecific guarantees
in the Bill of Rights have penumbras,
formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance.”
Justice Douglas, Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 484 (1965).
"[t]he ‘liberty’ protected by the Fifth and
Fourteenth Amendments from infringement by the
Federal Government or the States is not
restricted to rights specifically mentioned
in the first eight amendments.”
Justice Goldberg,
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 493
(1965).
"The right to be left alone - the most comprehensive
of rights, and the right most valued by
a free people."
Justice Brandeis, Olmstead v. U.S.
(1928).