Read the following excerpt from the supreme court’s ruling in stanley v. georgia.
the makers of our constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness . . they sought to protect americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. they conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the
right most valued by civilized man.
–stanley v. georgia
in this quotation, the court sought to
a) limit the power of the police to conduct searches.
b) link the right of privacy to the original intention of the framers of the constitution.
c) deal with the government’s power of eminent domain.
d) emphasize the government's authority to conduct drunk driving tests, later applied in schmerber v. california.