CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Condom, Hobby Lobby, Emergency Contraception
10 May 2016
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A lot of our fundamental rights come from the us constitution. It is the supreme law in the land. What point can the court say that"s too much intrusion. Courts do have power to invalidate laws that infringe on the right to consensual, private, intimate, personal choices. Various substantive rights are comprised within the term liberty . Most familiar of our fundamental liberties are in the first 8 amendments, the. Bill of rights (right to speech, exercise of religion, hearing, etc. ) But the courts have interpreted more, like the fundamental right to marry in. Substantive rights = give individual power to choose certain things. Substantive due process = acknowledges that there is a sphere of personal freedom upon which the law simply cannot infringe; true even if you use fair procedures. Began in 1960s, this interpretation came through a lot of cases about reproduction and reproductive rights.
