Question

In the 1965 case griswold v. connecticut, the supreme court asserted that although the u.s. constitution does not explicitly guarantee a right to privacy, such a right exists because of the spirit of the constitution. by what term is this spirit also known by?

Answer 1

As explained by Justice William O. Douglas that the right to privacy was not explicitly the reason for the Supreme Court's decision but a penumbra. The constitutional right that protects an individual in this case like the self-incrimination.  Furthermore, other Justices still see this as part of the Fourteenth Amendment where an individual has a right to a due process of law which protects privacy.