In this episode, Jared Schroeder, Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies and Donald W. Reynolds Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, discusses his new book "The Penumbra Problem: The Rise and Fall of the Little-Known Word that Protects Our Privacy," which is published by Stanford University Press. Schroeder begins by explaining the origins of the word penumbra in the astrological studies of Johannes Kepler. He traces the adoption of the word into the English language and its early use in judicial opinions by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and others. And he tells the story of how Justice Douglas came to use the word penumbra to explain the origins of the constitutional right to privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut.
This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye and on Bluesky at @brianlfrye.bsky.social.
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