Another government question !! about the constitution

Question

how many times is the word privacy mentioned in the constitution(articles and ammendments)

Answer 1

The word "Privacy" is not strictly mentioned within the document or any amendments.  In fact, the very basis for such a right is a matter of vigorous academic debate.

Not all rights are specifically list in the document.  In fact within the original, unamended constitution, the only mention of rights is the privileges and immunities clause which only bars the government from interfering in your liberties. The Additional evidence for this proposition of unlisted rights is in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.

9th Amendment says, "The Enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

The 10th says, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or the people."

Thus any rights, or powers, not list belong to the people and the states.

As the right to privacy has evolved it has been linked to, or limited by, the more express rights in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 14th amendments.  Some political controversy has arisen because the Supreme Court has ruled that abortions fall within a woman's privacy right.  However, the right itself is well founded in the document and the common-law as it existed then and now.

Answer 2

None. Democracy was not mentioned in the constitution either.  We are referred to as representative republic

Answer 3

None. The word "minority" is never mentioned, either.

But there is more to do when interpreting the Constitution than just taking everything you see literally and never doing anything more than that.

Answer 4

None. Check it out:

http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.h...

Answer 5

The Fourth Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, and was designed as a response to the controversial writs of assistance (a type of general search warrant), which were a significant factor behind the American Revolution. Toward that end, the amendment specifies that judicially sanctioned search and arrest warrants must be supported by probable cause and be limited in scope according to specific information supplied by a person (usually a law enforcement officer) who has sworn by it and is therefore accountable to the issuing court.

In essence; out of fear and smear, Americans are willing to have their US Constitutional Rights eroded to an illusion of security. Security at defeat of freedom is oxymoronic at best.