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Reviving A Natural Right: The Freedom Of Autonomy, Michael Anthony Lawrence
Reviving A Natural Right: The Freedom Of Autonomy, Michael Anthony Lawrence
Michael Anthony Lawrence
This article explores the historical foundations of the individual rights of equality and free choice on matters of natural private concern (collectively, “freedom of autonomy”) in America, looks at several present-day applications, and concludes that meaningful steps must be taken – by encouraging greater awareness among lawmakers and courts of original meanings of the constitutional terms “liberty,” “property,” “privileges,” and “immunities,” and perhaps even through constitutional amendment – to revive this most basic right from an overbearing government.