Griswold v. Connecticut was a landmark 1965 Supreme Court docket case through which the Court docket dominated that the Structure protects the correct to privateness. The case concerned a Connecticut regulation that prohibited the usage of contraceptives. The Court docket held that this regulation violated the correct to privateness of married {couples}.
Some individuals take into account Griswold v. Connecticut to be an instance of judicial activism as a result of it expanded the interpretation of the Structure to incorporate a proper to privateness. This interpretation was not explicitly acknowledged within the Structure, however the Court docket discovered that it was implicit within the numerous provisions of the Invoice of Rights.
