Individual Rights
Additional Constitutional Protections: Voting, Privacy, Bearing Arms
This document provides a brief overview of certain additional rights under the US Constitution, answering the following questions: What constitutional rights are there besides those in the First Amendment? Is there a right to bear arms? Is there a right to privacy? Is there a right to vote? What do some of the amendments in the Bill of Rights say? The document is excerpted from An Introduction to Law in Georgia, Fourth Edition, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1998 (updated 2004).
Should You Tell Your Employer That You Are HIV+?
This document discusses some of the basic law relating to HIV+ status and when that information could be relevant to work. Many groups that advocate the importance of disclosing a person's status. Many people believe that keeping the information hidden can cause stress that is unhealthy. Others believe that letting coworkers and friends know is a way of putting a face on the pandemic, and thus taking a step toward widespread acceptance. Whatever decision you make, you need to make an informed decision about whether you should tell your employer and not simply tell your employer because you think you owe your employer a duty. This document describes your rights to keep the information confidential.
