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

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

My teenage self was obsessed with the Ninth Amendment in part because it’s so vague and has some poetic resonance.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2020

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

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