The emerging Christian right asserted that this was the true meaning of "religious freedom" in America: freedom to institutionalize Christian dogma in American society and law.
As a judge his interpretation of the powers of the federal government often led him to reject claims of individual right asserted in opposition to the exercise of governmental authority.
But just how far can a Yahoo! and Google liaison go? "I hate to admit it, but Microsoft is right," asserts Robert Lande, a member of the American Antitrust Institute.
"Executive privilege is basically a made-up right asserted by presidents of both parties to hide stuff from Congress and the Courts," Hauser told me.
"In this case, the rights asserted can hardly be seen as fundamental in the relevant sense," the opinion said.
Supporters of abortion rights assert that the restrictions being sought, while seemingly incremental, are an effort to chip away at the basic right to abortion.
This calls for export licences to be denied where equipment might be used to abuse human rights, assert territorial claims by force, upset a regional balance or harm the interests of friends and allies.
But the court has declined several opportunities to extend its ruling to protect other rights asserted by gun owners.
In contrast, ideological arguments that were socializing in nature either directly challenged the claim of individual rights by asserting the rights of nonsmokers or called upon government to respond to majority will and to protect the health of the public.
