The Constitution does not explicitly state a right to privacy; However during the 1965 Griswold vs. Connecticut case the right of privacy was brought about in discussion when trying to decide the ruling of the case. This case involved Doctor Griswold providing ways of avoiding conception to a married couple. In Connecticut at this time it was illegal to use any certain drugs or instruments to prevent conception. If one was found guilty of using any drugs or instruments to stop conception than that person would have to pay a fine or face minor jail time. However, this law was not strongly enforced against individuals. As a result of Doctor Griswold giving information about preventing conception, he was in fact helping the couple break the
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Connecticut case. Douglas understood that although the right of privacy is not included in the Constitution, that a general right, of privacy is implied by a number of explicit guarantees. He then believed that the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendment portrayed how some guarantees are implied. The First Amendment states that we as citizens have certain freedoms of associations that are protected by the Constitution. In the Third Amendment it states how no soldier is to invade someone’s house without order, and in the Fourth Amendment citizens are given the right to be secure in their homes without any random searches or seizures. The Fifth Amendment then states that government should not force anyone into giving up information. Finally in the Ninth Amendment it states how certain rights are not to be denied. It is then within all of these Amendments that Justice Douglas feels that the right of privacy is implied. However Justice Douglas emphasizes that the right of privacy concerning marital relations has been around longer than the Bill of Rights. It is not only in the union of marriage that there should then be privacy, but there should also be privacy in the bedroom. Douglas believes that what goes on in the bedroom of married individuals should be kept
Connecticut case. Douglas understood that although the right of privacy is not included in the Constitution, that a general right, of privacy is implied by a number of explicit guarantees. He then believed that the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendment portrayed how some guarantees are implied. The First Amendment states that we as citizens have certain freedoms of associations that are protected by the Constitution. In the Third Amendment it states how no soldier is to invade someone’s house without order, and in the Fourth Amendment citizens are given the right to be secure in their homes without any random searches or seizures. The Fifth Amendment then states that government should not force anyone into giving up information. Finally in the Ninth Amendment it states how certain rights are not to be denied. It is then within all of these Amendments that Justice Douglas feels that the right of privacy is implied. However Justice Douglas emphasizes that the right of privacy concerning marital relations has been around longer than the Bill of Rights. It is not only in the union of marriage that there should then be privacy, but there should also be privacy in the bedroom. Douglas believes that what goes on in the bedroom of married individuals should be kept