The makers of our constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. . they conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.
-stanley v. georgia
the court sought to
a. limit the power of the police to conduct searchers
b. link the right of privacy to the original intention of the framers of the constitution
c. deal with the governments power of eminent domain
d. emphasize the governments authority to conduct drunk driving test, later applied in shmerber vs california