Chapter 5

Question 1

When did the supreme court begin to recognize a Constitutional right to privacy?

Answer 1

Boyd v. US 1886
*Ct recognized the right of privacy in a law enforcement context

Question 2

Birth control

Answer 2

Griswold v. Conn
*Implied right to privacy in the bill of rights
*State cannot involve itself in sexual relations within marriage

Question 3

Abortion Law

Answer 3

Roe v. Wade
*Abortion is a privacy right between female and doctor
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (2022)
*Overturned Roe v. Wade
*Con does not confirm right to abortion

Question 4

LBGTQ Rights

Answer 4

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
*upheld law forbidding sodomy for everyone
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
*Ct reversed itself and overturned a Texas law outlawing sodomy and 12 others

Question 5

Gays in the military

Answer 5

*Don’t ask, Don’t tell (1993)
* Ct struck down the policy in 2010, it did not further government interest or promote military readiness

Question 6

Same sex marriage

Answer 6

US v. Windsor
Obergefell v. Hodgens
*Same sex couples have a right to marry in all 50 states
*14th amendment

Question 7

US v Jones

Answer 7

Attaching a tracker on a person’s car without a warrant is a 4th amendment violation

Question 8

Riley v California

Answer 8

Cell phones cannot be searched without a warrant

Question 9

Carpenter v US

Answer 9

Cell phone tracking data (cell tower) is protected