The Ninth Amendment ensured that these rights would not be demoted to second-class status, as people like James Wilson had feared.The Ninth Amendment has grown only more important over time.

The Ninth Amendment raises deeply interesting questions. And the answers to those questions have important consequences for how we think about law, public policy, and our rights as individuals.

The Ninth Amendment raises deeply interesting questions. And the answers to those questions have important consequences for how we think about law, public policy and our rights as individuals.

The Ninth Amendment is my favorite: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." ...