This paper considers some of the most important cases and legislative enactments in the progression and development of individual rights based on various understandings of privacy in our constitutional system. As a conclusion, we issue a warning regarding the future of these rights, which may once again face judicial reinterpretation, and, as a result, be lost or significantly diminished.
Keywords: Credit, comstock act, defense of marriage act, full faith, respect for marriage act, right to privacy