It is a rational continuum which, broadly speaking, includes a freedom from all substantial arbitrary impositions and purposeless restraints, and which also recognizes, what a reasonable and sensitive judgment must, that certain interests require particularly careful scrutiny of the state needs asserted to justify their abridgment.

—arguing that due process protects "those concepts which are considered to embrace those rights which are fundamental; which belong to the citizens of all free governments

—stating that "the full scope of the liberty guaranteed by the Due Process Clause cannot be found in or limited by the precise terms of the specific guarantees elsewhere provided in the Constitution," but rather consists of "a rational continuum which, broadly speaking, includes a freedom from all substantial arbitrary impositions and purposeless restraints

—state attorney's statement that he intended "to prosecute any offenses against Connecticut law, and that he claims that use of and advice concerning contraceptives would constitute offenses" insufficient to confer standing on doctor who sought to challenge statute prohibiting him from giving contraceptive advice to patient, particularly in light of "[t] he undeviating policy of …

—is an integral component of an individual's interest in personal autonomy protected by the privacy provision of article I, section 1, and of the liberty interest protected by the due process clause of article I, section 7, it is apparent under the California Constitution that the right to marry—like the right to establish a home and raise children—has independent substantive …

"Adultery, homosexuality and the like are sexual intimacies which the State forbids... but the intimacy of husband and wife is necessarily an essential and accepted feature of the institution of marriage, an institution which the State not only must allow, but which always and in every age it has fostered and protected. It is one thing when the State exerts its power either to

—is that through the course of this Court's decisions it has represented the balance which our Nation, built upon postulates of respect for the liberty of the individual, has struck between that liberty and the demands of organized society. If the supplying of content to this Constitutional concept has of necessity been a rational process, it certainly has not been one where …

He has been indicted and prosecuted for his email discussion of setting up a city council meeting pertaining to council business, and the Texas Attorney General has warned that the speech the plaintiff claims is constitutionally protected and for which he has been indicted, viz., communications, including emails, discussing public business or public policy, is subject to …

Mr. Justice Douglas, dissenting, characterized the statute which "reaches to the intimacies of the marriage relationship" as "an invasion of the privacy that is implicit in a free society."

Without precisely identifying every consideration that may underlie this type of constitutional protection, we have noted that certain kinds of personal bonds have played a critical role in the culture and traditions of the Nation by cultivating and transmitting shared ideals and beliefs; they thereby foster diversity and act as critical buffers between the individual and the power …