While privacy is not directly expressed in the amendments to the Constitution, which of the following is one of the amendments that the U.S. Supreme Court has used to cover privacy issues?

A. Second
B. Third
C. Sixth
D. Eighth
E. Fifteenth


B. Third

Contrary to popular belief, the term privacy (freedom from unauthorized intrusion) does not appear in the
U.S. Constitution or the Bill of Rights. However, the U.S. Supreme Court, the court responsible for
determining constitutional issues, has ruled in favor of privacy interests (and occasionally against them),
deriving the right to privacy from the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to
the Constitution.

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