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AMENDMENT NINE

Specialty Definition: Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Amendment IX (the Ninth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, states:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Such rights include:

• Breathing
• Walking
• Being happy
• Living
• Writing about the Ninth Amendment
• Contributing to Wikipedia
• Eating

Et cetera.

What the Ninth Amendment states is that since the Constitution couldn't possibly list all the rights that belong to the people, it gives the people to have the fundamental rights that are not listed in the Constitution, using the Bill of Rights as a model. Of course, the certain rights like murder that are prohibited by federal and state laws are not allowed.

More information:

• Steven Atherton on the Ninth Amendment

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution."

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