Before discussing the leading originalist theories of the Ninth Amendment, it will be useful to briefly summarize the circumstances that led to its inclusion in the Bill of Rights. The story of ...

When the Bill of Rights was introduced ... Moreover, the Constitution clearly protects “other” unenumerated rights in the Ninth Amendment from being denied or disparaged.

Hence, the Tenth Amendment (as well as the Ninth) enunciates a rule of construction that warns against interpreting the Bill of Rights to imply the existence of powers in the national government ...

But (to repeat my point 2 from my original posting) the actual purpose of the Ninth Amendment was far more limited: Defenders of the original Constitution had argued against a bill of rights on ...

Yost in January refused to advance the amendment to the Ballot Board, saying the title “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” was misleading. The Ohio Supreme Court on Oct. 30 unanimously ruled that the ...

Apparently, Justice Samuel Alito was unaware of the Ninth Amendment when he ruled that ... as do half the other parts of the Bill Of Rights. It is clear from these examples that it is people ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom to believe and express different ideas ...