Opinion of the amendments (Amendment IX)

[Meeker]

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

1st Amendment: 93% Keep it, 7% Repeal it
2nd Amendment: 65% Keep it, 35% Repeal it
3rd Amendment: 94% Keep it, 6% Repeal it
4th Amendment: 96% Keep it, 4% Repeal it
5th Amendment: 94% Keep it, 6% Repeal it
6th Amendment: 92% Keep it, 8% Repeal it
7th Amendment: 71% Keep it, 21% Modify it, 8% Repeal it
8th Amendment: 81% Keep it, 13% Modify it, 6% Repeal it

[Kaine for Senate '18]

It needs to be modified; made clear.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Eh, keep it. I think the intent of the amendment is pretty clear, though it seems to open itself to an excessively broad interpretation.

[fezzyfestoon]

It's good.

[Senator Robert A. Taft]

Keep It, of course.

[Person Man]

It's a good amendment... I think that Griswold should have used it instead of JUST the 14th though.

[Marokai Backbeat]

It needs to be modified; made clear.

[Lief 🗽]

One of the most important amendments. It's a pity that conservatives seem to conveniently forget it though.

[The Mikado]

A more clearly-phrased version would be nice, something to the effect of: "The lack of a right in the Constitution should not be interpreted to mean that said right does not exist" would be good.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

A more clearly-phrased version would be nice, something to the effect of: "The lack of a right in the Constitution should not be interpreted to mean that said right does not exist" would be good.

So then the unborn have a right to life?

The reason why the ninth is infrequently invoked is that often cases involve conflicting rights.

[The Mikado]

A more clearly-phrased version would be nice, something to the effect of: "The lack of a right in the Constitution should not be interpreted to mean that said right does not exist" would be good.

So then the unborn have a right to life?

The reason why the ninth is infrequently invoked is that often cases involve conflicting rights.

Nonpersons don't have Constitutional rights. 

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Nonpersons don't have Constitutional rights. 

A fetus certainly has at least as good a claim to being a person as does a corporation.  In any case, personhood isn't defined anywhere in the Constitution, so we end up back at the ninth leading to conflicting assertions of rights if we try applying the ninth amendment to the abortion issue.