The U.S. Supreme Court refused to find a fundamental right for homosexuals to engage in consensual sexual activities in a home, therefore the state was free to impose criminal penalties. Brennan wrote an eloquent dissent. But, apparently, the U.S. Supreme Court only protects majority lifestyles. After the decision was rendered, Justice Powell made an unusual public declaration that he had been wrong in the Bowers case. Finally, on 23 Nov. 1998, the Georgia Supreme Court, in Powell v. State , ruled that this state statute violated Georgia's state constitution.
Person has right to refuse medical treatment.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to declare a general right for a person to commit suicide. Therefore, the Court upheld a Washington state law that prohibited physician-assisted suicide. However, the state can prohibit physicians from assisting in people's suicide. The principal holding in this case was that the police had violated the defendant's privacy upon which he justifiably relied and the police made an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. While Katz is a search and seizure case in criminal law, the reasonable expectation test has been applied in civil contexts, such as privacy of e-mail .