Stanley v. Illinois

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…Stanley is a fit father, the state spites its own articulated goals when it needlessly separates him from his family". One might fairly say of the Bill of Rights in general, and the Due Process Clause in particular, that they were designed to protect the fragile values of a vulnerable citizenry from the overbearing concern for efficiency and efficacy that may characterize praiseworthy government officials no less, and perhaps more, the mediocre ones." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**