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Judicial Activism And Fourteenth Amendment Privacy Claims: The Allure Of Originalism And The Unappreciated Promise Of Constrained Nonoriginalism, Daniel O. Conkle Jan 2009

Judicial Activism And Fourteenth Amendment Privacy Claims: The Allure Of Originalism And The Unappreciated Promise Of Constrained Nonoriginalism, Daniel O. Conkle

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Among other meanings, "judicial activism" can be defined as judicial decisionmaking that frustrates majoritarian self-government and that is unconstrained by law. So understood, judicial activism is presumptively problematic, because it frustrates customary democratic and judicial norms.

In this essay, I address originalist and nonoriginalist responses to the presumptive problem of judicial activism in the context of Fourteenth Amendment privacy claims, including claims relating to abortion, sexual conduct, and same-sex marriage. I argue that originalism is an overrated solution, largely because current understandings of originalism, despite claims to the contrary, do not provide standards of decision that are sufficiently clear to …


Is There A Natural Law Right To Privacy?, Ralph F. Gaebler Jan 1992

Is There A Natural Law Right To Privacy?, Ralph F. Gaebler

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The Neutrality Of Adherence To Precedent, Robert L. Birmingham Jan 1971

The Neutrality Of Adherence To Precedent, Robert L. Birmingham

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Book Review. Wechsler, H., Principles, Politics, And Fundamental Law, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1962

Book Review. Wechsler, H., Principles, Politics, And Fundamental Law, Ralph F. Fuchs

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Our Dual Form Of Government, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1927

Our Dual Form Of Government, Hugh Evander Willis

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