Ninth Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the rights enumerated in the Constitution would not be construed as denying or jeopardizing other rights of the people.

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Example Sentences

And though he does not rely on the Ninth Amendment, which is the only provision that tells us how we should understand the Constitution, his approach is consistent with it.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2022

Critics of a broad interpretation of the Ninth Amendment point out that the Constitution provides ways to protect newly formalized rights through the amendment process.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

“The Ninth Amendment is kind of a license,” Tribe said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2019

Justice Antonin Scalia once admitted, “If my life depended on it, I couldn’t tell you what the Ninth Amendment was.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

Is the Ninth Amendment pertinent to, say, the right to earn a living free from unreasonable licensure requirements or other barriers to entry into an occupation?

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2017