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Quotation from Griswold v. Connecticut by Supreme Court of the United States
“I like my privacy as well as the next one, but I am nevertheless compelled to admit that government has a right to. invade it unless prohibited by some specific constitutional provision.”
Griswold v. Connecticut, Dissent of Justice Black (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Black states his textual limit on judicial power; the stray period after to is in the stored text.
Citation: "I like my privacy as well as the next one, but I am nevertheless compelled to admit that government has a right to. invade it unless prohibited by some specific constitutional provision." — Supreme Court of the United States, Griswold v. Connecticut, Dissent of Justice Black (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id griswold-v-connecticut-q5)
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