Constitutional Law
Jun. 28, 2001
Difficult Tension
* Constitutional Law * By Erwin Chemerinsky Few issues in constitutional law are more difficult than the tension between freedom of speech and the right to privacy. Both speech and privacy are cherished, fundamental values. Yet, inescapably, they come into conflict, such as when the press publishes information that a person wishes to keep private.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Few issues in constitutional law are more difficult than the tension between freedom of speech and the right to privacy. Both speech and privacy are cherished, fundamental values. Yet...
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