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Justice William O. Douglas: Public Advocate and Conservation Champion

We the People

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Judge Sutton, Can You Define the Griswold Decision?

Kenneth Aikenen says, can you define the Griswold decision, please? Judge Sutton: Connecticut was the only state of its kind in the country in 1965 that banned the use of contraceptives for married couples. The court wrote an opinion by Justice Douglas that struck down that law and noting that a bunch of different constitutional provisions protect privacy. And as Judge Sutton said, there were narrow ways to decide the case, including the fact that Connecticut was a big outlier.

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