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established the right to privacy as existing in the Bill of Rights
Griswold v. Connecticut
The case overturned a statute that prevented the use of contraceptives.
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_ Griswold vs Connecticutwas a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives. By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court invalidated the law on the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy"So the answer is no , Elvis Presley has nothing to do with this case.
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 US 479 (1965)Griswold was a landmark US Supreme Court case in which the Court held a Connecticut law criminalizing counseling couples about contraception and/or prescribing contraceptive devices was a violation of privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. The Court held that the law (see below) improperly operated directly on an intimate relationship between husband and wife, and the physician's role as their medical provider.make choices affecting their lives
Connecticut Supreme Court was created in 1784.
In Griswold v. Connecticut, (1965) the US Supreme Court used substantive due process to protect a fundamental right to privacy not explicitly mentioned in the Bill of Rights, by extrapolating from concepts and rights protected in specific amendments.In the majority opinion Justice Douglas said that several of the rights guaranteed in the bill of rights combined to create a penumbra, which is the right to a zone of privacy in marriage.
In most cases a Supreme Court decision is permanent. The current Supreme Court can change the decision of a previous Supreme Court.
The 7-2 decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 US 13 (1973) challenged a Texas anti-abortion law, and overturned statutes that prohibited abortion in 46 states (the procedure was legal in four). The ruling was based on the right to privacy, which was extrapolated from language in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The "privacy" precedent was set earlier in Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 US 479 (1965), which nullified laws restricting married couples' right to be counseled about the use of contraceptives.
Lawrence v. Texas, the US Supreme Court decision that struck down sodomy laws in the United States.
The address of the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society is: One Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103-1803