60-Second Civics: Episode 4353, Historical Origins of the Right to Privacy: The Right to Privacy, Part 1

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Americans inherited from British history the principle that "a man's home is his castle." This idea can be traced to the opinion of Sir Edward Coke in Semayne's Case in 1604.

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60-Second Civics: Episode 4353, Historical Origins of the Right to Privacy: The Right to Privacy, Part 1

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