Should Court Enforce Constitutionality?

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There is a question as to whether the court should have the right to decide whether to enforce constitutionality based on what is explicitly written within the Constitution or what the court decides is implied protections within the Constitution. The Bill of Rights covers multiples protections including the right to privacy in beliefs, unlawful search and seizure without a warrant, and personal information. It is my personal belief that the court should consider the implied protections of the Constitution in addition to what is explicitly written. The simplest justification for this is that the world and needs to people within the United States have changed drastically since the 18th century when the Constitution was written. With that said, as the world transitions from one focused on private life to one that is considerably more open through social media and the constant exposure that individuals permit, the court will also find themselves needing to define public and private areas of the individual’s life and rights in order to maintain consistency. …show more content…

As an individual’s lawfulness decreases, so does their right to privacy, which is a point of contest in our country. When it comes to issues such a LGBTQA rights, one’s personal and private right to believe that same sex relations are “wrong”, does not protect them from disobeying discrimination laws. The protection of privacy rights doesn’t allow an individual to interfere with another’s own privacy rights. Once a person’s actions do interfere, they should be considered unconstitutional and the courts should pursue their own course of action in order to protect the Bill of Rights and the constituents it’s meant to

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