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Griswold v. Connecticut
established the right to privacy as existing in the Bill of Rights
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 US 479 (1965)Griswold was a landmark US Supreme Court case in which the Court held a Connecticut law criminalizing counseling couples about contraception and/or prescribing contraceptive devices was a violation of privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The Court held that the law (see below) improperly operated directly on an intimate relationship between husband and wife, and the physician's role as their medical provider.make choices affecting their lives
The case overturned a statute that prevented the use of contraceptives.
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_ Griswold vs Connecticutwas a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives. By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court invalidated the law on the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy"So the answer is no , Elvis Presley has nothing to do with this case.
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Connecticut Supreme Court was created in 1784.
No. The Judicial Branch, headed by the US Supreme Court, is excluded from the constitutional amendment process. If the Court had the right to shape the Constitution and interpret its meaning, they would have too much power.Article V of the Constitution provides for the document's amendment by a joint venture between Congress and the States.
No Constitutional Amendment explicitly enumerates the right to privacy. The right to privacy is implied under the 1st, 4th, 9th, and 14th Amendments. The U.S. Supreme Court first acknowledged a right to privacy in the case Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965, which affirmed the right to marital privacy. The most common argument today deals with Justice Harlan's "substantive due process" justification, which arises from the 14th Amendment due process clause and the 9th Amendment.
In Griswold v. Connecticut, (1965) the US Supreme Court used substantive due process to protect a fundamental right to privacy not explicitly mentioned in the Bill of Rights, by extrapolating from concepts and rights protected in specific amendments.In the majority opinion Justice Douglas said that several of the rights guaranteed in the bill of rights combined to create a penumbra, which is the right to a zone of privacy in marriage.
The Ninth Amendment states: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." U.S. Const. Amend. IX "Privacy" is an example of a right not specifically stated in the Constitution. In 1965, the Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, found a right to privacy existed in the "penumbras" of other rights found within the Bill of Rights. In a concurring opinion, Justice Goldberg used the Ninth Amendment to support the majority's decision.