Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) is a landmark case because the Court identified an unwritten constitutional right to:
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Correct answer: The right to privacy
The Court ruled that various guarantees in the Bill of Rights create 'penumbras' that establish a right to privacy. This specific case involved the right of married couples to use contraceptives.
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