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

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

From Slate • May 18, 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

The Ninth Amendment also captures a deeper insight: It would have taken impossible foresight for the framers to list every conceivable right the people would regard as fundamental.

From Washington Post