What two amendments?

Thu Jan 26 10:59:23 PST 2006

Sounds like a firewall against the next generation of electronic 
surveillance. Would it have given you Griswold 40 years ago?

At 1:16 PM -0500 1/26/06, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
>"The right to privacy shall be preserved" sounds like a good start to me.
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>On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, J. Noble wrote:
>
>>The second sounds like FOIA, supplemented with the elimination of 
>>standing requirements for administrative proceedings. The first 
>>sounds like the Lawyers Unemployment Relief Act. If it does more 
>>than "fix" the penumbral right of privacy as of the time of 
>>enactment or ratification, how would would you approach the 
>>description and circumscription of the "right of individual 
>>privacy"?
>>
>>John Noble
>>
>>At 9:54 AM -0700 1/26/06, Jeff Renz wrote:
>>>The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free
>>>society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling
>>>governmental interest.  (Source: Section 10, Montana Declaration of Rights).
>>>
>>>No person shall be deprived of the right to examine documents or to observe
>>>the deliberations of all public bodies or agencies of government and its
>>>subdivisions, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy or
>>>of national security clearly exceed the merits of public disclosure.  No
>>>citizen shall be denied the opportunity to participate in the operation of a
>>>governmental agency prior to its final decision on any matter, in a manner
>>>provided by law.  (Source: Sections 8 and 9, Montana Declaration of Rights).
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "J. Noble" <jfnbl at earthlink.com>
>>>To: "Jeff Renz" <jr167163e at mail1.umt.edu>; "Samuel Bagenstos"
>>><srbagenstos at wulaw.wustl.edu>; <conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:34 AM
>>>Subject: Re: What two amendments?
>>>
>>>>  How would you word them?
>>>>
>>>>  John Noble
>>>>
>>>>  At 9:26 AM -0700 1/26/06, Jeff Renz wrote:
>>>>  >My two?
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Right to know; Right to Individual Privacy.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Prof. Jeffrey T. Renz
>>>>  >School of Law
>>>>  >The University of Montana
>>>>  >Missoula, Montana  59812
>>>>  >1-406-243-5127
>>>>  >jeff.renz at umontana.edu
>>>>  >----- Original Message -----
>>>>  >From: "Samuel Bagenstos" <srbagenstos at wulaw.wustl.edu>
>>>>  >To: <SLevinson at law.utexas.edu>; <Conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>;
>>>>  ><mfranck at radford.edu>; <lawcourts-l at usc.edu>
>>>>  >Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:16 AM
>>>>  >Subject: RE: the ever more mysterious Democratic Party
>>>>  >
>>>>  >
>>>>  >I've got to ask, which one or two?
>>>>  >
>>>>  >====================================
>>>>  >Samuel R. Bagenstos
>>>>  >Professor of Law
>>>>  >Washington University School of Law
>>>>  >One Brookings Drive
>>>>  >St. Louis, MO  63130
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>>>>  >>>>  "Franck, Matthew J" <mfranck at radford.edu> 1/26/2006 9:48 AM >>>
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Then again, I can only think of one or two constitutional amendments I
>>>>  >would ever have added to the original Constitution, from among all those
>>>>  >we have had.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Matt
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