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Quotation from Griswold v. Connecticut by Supreme Court of the United States
“The foregoing cases suggest that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance.”
Griswold v. Connecticut, Opinion of the Court (Justice Douglas) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Douglas states the theory by which he locates a right of privacy in the Bill of Rights.
Citation: "The foregoing cases suggest that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance." — Supreme Court of the United States, Griswold v. Connecticut, Opinion of the Court (Justice Douglas) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id griswold-v-connecticut-q1)
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