[jeffc]

But they may be surprised to find out that no such right is in the Constitution.

The Constitution is the wrong place to look for our rights. We don't get them from a document, or a government. Keep spewing the lie, folks! Almost everyone believes it now.

[annalex]

Dr. Smith is not saying that rights come from the constitution.

if actions seriously impact upon the rights of others and sometimes our own well-being, the right to privacy cannot rightly be invoked to protect those actions. We have a culture that is fairly schizophrenic on these matters.

That's the foundation of any jurisprudence of rights: the Golden Rule and the Natural Law.

[RobbyS]

‘Right” here specifically refers to a power claimed by the court, really, not the rights of an individual. By implication, a right is what the judges says it is. Their will is the source of all legal rights.