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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 07:10:07 PM » |
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The Ninth Amendment was passed to alleviate fears that by listing certain exceptions to federal power, many of which have only the most remote connection to the enumerated powers, you would make the enumerated powers seem far more expansive than they were ever understood to be.
That's it; it's a rule of construction preserving the right of local self-government. And this was recognized in Supreme Court case law up until the 1930s.
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