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Rob Funk ([personal profile] rfunk) wrote2005-08-04 12:56 pm
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Privacy Rights

Pandagon/[livejournal.com profile] pandagon_net has been all over the John Roberts Supreme Court appointment. Apparently, he has expressed the (way too common) "strict constructionist" view that there is nothing in the Constitution about a right to privacy, so therefore no such right exists. Amanda posted a good article last night about what's wrong with that view.

On the other hand, apparently Roberts has done pro-bono work representing gay-rights activists, resulting in a landmark Supreme Court decision prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But he seems to want to hide it.