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The standard to be used in testing the constitution-
ality of a statute infringing on the right of privacy
should depend on the precise aspect of privacy invaded_
Where the aspect of privacy asserted is analogous to
the right of property or contract, a lesser standard
similar to the rationality test of substantive due
process should suffice. But where, as here, the aspect
of privacy involved is a constituent element in the
definition of freedoms only the more stringent
compelling interest-narrow specificity standard will
suffice.
441 P.2d at 340.
The Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court interpreted both
the legislative history and Justice Goldberg's soncurrence in
Griswol__d as intending the Ninth Amendment to be a relevant source
of unenumerated rights° The Justices clearly expressed that
which they were in fact accomplishing8 incorporation of the
rights protected by the Ninth Amendment directly into the due
process clause of the Fourteenth, rendering the protective
features of the Ninth applicable to state actions
More recently_ in Post vo State, 715 P.2d 1105 (Oklo Cro
Appo 1986), certo denied_ 479 U.So 890 (1986)_ the Oklahoma Court
of Criminal Appeals held that a statute prohibiting "Crimes
Against Nature, '_ as applied to consensual sexual activity between
adults, violated the constitutional right to privacy. Id. at
Ii09_ The court explicitly relied, in parts on Justice
Goldberg's concurrence in _risEwoid emphasizing the relevance of
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