Right to Privacy Images
Griswold v. Connecticut
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Estelle Griswold, Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, challenged the state's anti-contraception law in 1965.
Jane Roe
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Norma McCorvey, aka "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade.
A Twelve-Year-Old's Day in Court
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The Supreme Court heard James Acton's challenge to his school's drug testing policy in Acton v. Vernonia School District.
"The right to be let alone"
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Lois Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice whose 1890 article shaped the modern theory of privacy rights.
William O. Douglas
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Supreme Court Justice William Douglas wrote the Court's opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut identifying extensive privacy rights under the Constitution.