When Kenneth Donaldson sued a Florida state mental hospital on the grounds that he had been involuntarily confined without receiving treatment for 14 years, although he posed no serious threat to himself or others, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state has __________.
A. a right to involuntarily confine a person for mental illness even if that person poses no danger and could safely survive in the community
B. a right to involuntarily confine a person in a mental hospital if the person is dangerous, even if that person is not mentally ill
C. no right to involuntarily confine a person who is dangerous even if that person is proven to be mentally ill
D. no right to confine a person for mental illness unless that person poses a clear and present danger or cannot safely survive in freedom
Answer: D
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