The Ninth Amendment says we HAVE rights beyond those listed. What could they be?
+++"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."+++
Could it be gay marriage? How about a right to health care? What about a right that keeps religion SEPARATE from government?? Clearly, we HAVE more rights, or the founders wouldn't have written this amendment. They weren't in to mincing words..
Look.. There COULD even be a right that rightwingers like.. Or, maybe the founders WERE mincing words after all. Whaddya think?
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/ninth_amendment
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Alas, we don't really know. But keeping in mind they said that during colonial times it's likely the equivalent of... a) "and in case we forgot anything, yada yada yada" or b) the right to go fishing, or to cut a switch for a spanking, or any other old-timey simple life right, or c) it's a consolation clause, meaning someone proposed something very specific to go there but there was enough debate they dumbed it down to be vague so they could get this thing approved. 1
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Or, if you actually take the quote at face value, the Founders simply didn't want the rights listed to be construed in a manner that limits the rights of a given group. Why the Founders would consider healthcare as a God-given "right" is beyond me. Last I checked, the document they created was an attempt to set up things in such a way that those who had the will to succeed would, not taking from the successful to buy votes from those unwilling to work. 1
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