Black and White: What Law and Literature Can Tell Us About the Disparate Opinions in Griswold

[T]he heart of law is what we always knew it was: the open hearing in which one point of view, one construction of language and reality, is tested against another. The multiplicity of readings that the law permits is not its weakness but its strength, for it is this that makes room for different voices and gives a purchase by which culture may be modified in response to the demands of circumstance. It is a method at once for recognizing others, for acknowledging ignorance, and for achieving cultural change . Recent political battles have rekindled the ever-present and contentious debate over the extent of privacy rights guaranteed by the Constitution. More than simply another example of partisan bickering, this political strife typifies the divide that