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What’s the Point of the Ninth Amendment?

What’s the Point of the Ninth Amendment?

by Mike Maharrey | Apr 19, 2022 | 9th Amendment

You will often hear people claim that the Ninth Amendment “gives us all of the rights that aren’t listed in the Bill of Rights.” But that is not the correct way to read the amendment. The Ninth Amendment reads: “The enumeration in the...
The Ninth Amendment and the Right of Local Self-Government

The Ninth Amendment and the Right of Local Self-Government

by Kurt T. Lash | Oct 20, 2021 | 9th Amendment

Excerpted from a brief of Prof. Lash as Amicus Curiae in support of petitioners in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization The Ninth Amendment guarantees the right of local self-government in all matters not expressly prohibited to the states or clearly...
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Keystones of Liberty

The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Keystones of Liberty

by gary wood | Jul 14, 2016 | 10th Amendment, 9th Amendment, Constitution, Constitution 101, Eleven Years, Founding Principles

The founding generation created a political system that carefully divided powers and that was designed to ensure the general government remained limited in its scope and power. That system has all but vanished, but two oft-ignored and misunderstood provisions in the...

The Individual and the Tenth

by Tenth Amendment | Mar 23, 2010 | Constitution, Founding Fathers, Liberty

by Steve Palmer Introduction Most discussions of the Tenth Amendment center around using the state legislature to enforce it when the Supreme Court fails to do so.  In that situation, the state legislature declares a law null and void within the state’s...

The Ninth Amendment: The Tenth’s Partner

by Rob Natelson | Apr 26, 2009 | Eleven Years, Featured, Founding Principles

The Ninth Amendment states, The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”  It was designed to work with the Tenth Amendment to reinforce limits on the federal government. The...
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