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

One right the courts have said may be at least partially based on the Ninth Amendment is a general right to privacy, discussed later in the chapter.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Tribe, ever the teacher, tried to oblige, helping her, for example, with her understanding of the Ninth Amendment, over which she waxes poetic in the play.

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

The Ninth Amendment states that the “enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

From Washington Post