Cass R. Sunstein

Diana, the Princess of Wales, was killed in August 1997 in a car crash as she was being pursued by photographers who were trying to take her picture. In the following viewpoint, Cass R. Sun- stein argues that while some laws protect celebrities from unwanted attention, more laws are needed to keep their privacy from being invaded. Additional laws protecting the privacy of celebrities would benefit everyone else as well, he maintains. Sunstein is a professor at the University of Chicago Law School and the author of Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Sunstein, what existing laws can help protect a person’s right to privacy?
2. In what ways can the states do more to protect the right to privacy, in the author...