  griswold v. connecticut, , is a landmark case in which the supreme court of the united states ruled that the constitution protected a right to privacy. the case involved a connecticut statute that prohibits any person from using "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception." by a vote of 7â2, the supreme court invalidated the law on the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy". although the bill of rights does not explicitly mention "privacy", justice william o. douglas wrote for the majority that the right was to be found in the "penumbras" and "emanations" of other constitutional protections, such as the self-incrimination clause of the fifth amendment. the right to privacy is seen as a right to "protect[ion] from governmental intrusion." justice arthur goldberg wrote a concurring opinion in which he used the ninth amendment in support of the supreme court's ruling. justice arthur goldberg and justice john marshall harlan ii wrote concurring opinions in which they argued that privacy is protected by the [[due proce
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