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In an 1890 article named for this concept, the authors examined English case law, including Prince Albert v. Strange, before outlining a scenario of opening a letter. With Samuel D. Warren II, Louis Brandeis co-authored an article in the Harvard Law Review in which he argued that this concept originated in property law. In a case reaffirming this concept, Anthony Kennedy argued that Romer v. Evans eroded a Georgia precedent. The idea of “penumbras” was first articulated to support the right to this concept in Griswold v. Connecticut. The right to this concept, which was reaffirmed in Lawrence v. Texas, is provided by the Due Process Clause, per a 1973 ruling in a case concerning Norma McCorvey establishing a “trimester framework.” For 10 points, Roe v. Wade affirmed Americans have what “right to be let alone”? ■END■
ANSWER: privacy [or right to privacy; prompt on gay rights or sodomy by asking “what was the main right those cases concerned?”] (The case Georgia precedent was Bowers v. Hardwick.)
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