Casey,

Absolutely. the post was getting too long to go into the Bill of Rights. And we forget it all to easily for all sorts of valid, logic reasons....until its to late. Giving away freedoms is a hell of a lot easier than taking them back.

IX gets forgotten by everyone. (Including the SC). Why argue that the penumbra of the Bill of Rights guarantees a right to privacy? I'd go at it from the other way: we have the right because nothing in the Constitution says we don't or gives the Government much say over it. Then the Staes (usually more responsive to the people, could decide what (if any) limits or controls were needed.

Regards

John