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Amendment IX

Rights Retained by the People

The text
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
In plain language
Editor-written · not AI

The Ninth Amendment says that listing some rights in the Constitution does not mean those are the only rights people have. It is short, and courts have approached it carefully, but it appears in discussions about rights — such as privacy — that are not named word-for-word elsewhere in the text.

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