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The Right to Privacy
Whether or
not you're currently in the broom closet, Pagans are especially concerned with
issues of privacy, because our religion has experienced being underground for
over 1600 years. Our movement's dependence on the Internet, the rapidity
with which data is being collected and organized by private as well as
governmental agencies, and the tide of Fundamentalism -- both Christian and
Muslim -- gives us all reason to feel concern about developments -- legal and
technological -- that affect our right to privacy.
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Press Release from Pew Forum
The Battle Over Personal Privacy and
the New Supreme Court
Although a right to personal privacy is not
mentioned in the Constitution, most judges and legal scholars acknowledge
that a measure of privacy is essential to the pursuit of life, liberty and
happiness. The exact extent of that privacy, however, is highly contested.
The Pew Forum, together with the Federalist Society and the Constitution
Project, recently held an event to examine the current state of privacy
law in the United States, especially in light of the confirmations of John
Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The discussion featured
four panelists: Hadley Arkes, professor of political science at
Amherst College; Chai Feldblum, professor at Georgetown University
Law Center; William Hohengarten, partner at Jenner & Block, LLP;
and Daniel Robinson, professor of philosophy at Oxford University.
Read the transcript.
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Created March 26, 2006
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