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Summary: The personal right to privacy in the U.S. is a doctrine that developed through the Supreme Court and a combination of amendments. Discover how Supreme Court decisions have formed the personal right to privacy in the United States with tips from a certified civil mediator in this free video series on entertainment and media law.
Robert Todd is the managing partner and president of Robert M. Todd, P.A. and Family Law Solutions. He is a certified family mediator and Florida Supreme Court certified civil...read more
"You've been hearing a lot about the right to privacy. And you've even gone so far as to go on the Internet and pull up a copy of the Constitution and read through it as well as read through the Bill of Rights and the other amendments amending the Constitution, and you can't find anywhere in that Constitution or the Bill of Rights any reference to a right to privacy. Hello, I'm Robert Todd, and I'm here to answer the question--how does my personal right to privacy in the United States work? Well, unless you are versed in constitutional law, you're probably not going to glean much from reading the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. It's not actually referenced directly in either the United States Constitution, or the Bil of Rights, or any of the amendments amending the Constitution. Instead, it is a doctrine, an idea that has been developed through the courts, primarily the Supreme Court of the United States, through the years. It comes from the First Amendment, the right to privacy of belief. It comes from the Third Amendment, the right to have your home free from an invasion or occupation of soldiers. It comes from the Fourth Amendment, which is the right to be free of unreasonable searches or seizures. It comes from the Fifth Amendment, the right to be free of self incrimination. So it's really a combination and a body of law that has developed over the last two hundred years through Supreme Court decisions. I'm Robert Todd, and thank you for watching."
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