Amendment Certain

Ninth Amendment, amendment (1791) to the Constitution of the United States, part of the Bill of Rights, formally stating that the people retain rights absent specific enumeration.The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Freedom of speech. Freedom of the press. Freedom of religion. Freedom of assembly. Right to petition the government.

The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

The Ninth Amendment was part of the Bill of Rights that was added to the Constitution on December 15, 1791. It says that all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government. In other words, the rights of the people are not limited to just the rights listed in the Constitution.

Because the rights protected by the Ninth Amendment are not specified, they are referred to as unenumerated. The Supreme Court has found that unenumerated rights include such important rights as the right to travel, the right to vote, the right to keep personal matters private and to make important decisions about ...

The Ninth Amendment tells us that the existence of a written constitution should not be treated as an excuse for ignoring nontextual rights, but it also tells us that the advocates of these rights cannot rest on ancient constitutional text to establish their existence.

Amendment 1 - Religion and Expression2 Amendment 2 - Bearing Arms. Amendment 3 - Quartering Soldiers. Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Amendment 5 - Rights of Persons. Amendment 6 - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions. Amendment 7 - Civil Trials.

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.