Question

Which best describes the basis for the right to privacy in the United States?

a. The right to privacy is a civil liberty that places limits on government power through the Constitution, especially the bill of rights.

b. In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court defined the right to privacy by incorporating the Fourth Amendment and the right of people to be secure; the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment; the Ninth Amendment; and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.

c. The right to privacy is embodied in the words of U.S. Justice Louis Brandeis, "the right to be left alone."

d. The term privacy is not in the Constitution or Bill or Rights but it does exist.

Answer 1

b.

In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court defined the right to privacy by incorporating the Fourth Amendment and the right of people to be secure; the self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment; the Ninth Amendment; and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment.

In this case the court asserted that the First, Third, Fourth, and Ninth Amendments of the constitution protect the right to privacy. Justice William O. Douglas, writing for the majority of the court recognized the right to privacy supported by self-incrimination clause of the Fifth Amendment. Justice Byron White and Justice John Marshall Harlan II wrote concurring opinions in which they argued that privacy is protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Arthur Goldberg wrote a concurring opinion in which he used the Ninth Amendment in support of the right to privacy.