MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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Congress understood that people did not want a strong federal government.
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Congress knew that only a few rights needed to be guaranteed in a democracy.
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Congress was aware that some important rights may have been overlooked.
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Congress worried that too many guaranteed rights would weaken government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ninth Amendment Explained. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Detailed explanation-2: -The wording used in the Ninth Amendment can be confusing. Let’s go through a few of the phrases: “enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights”-The word “enumeration” means an ordered or numbered list. So here they are referring to a “list of rights” in the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ninth Amendment of the Constitution differs from other rights in that it does not specifically express rights of the people. Rather, it guarantees that rights that are not specifically written in the Constitution may be retained by the people, like the right to marry or the right to choose one’s own career.
Detailed explanation-4: -It protects rights that are not listed in the Bill of Rights. The Ninth Amendment falls into the latter category-it barely registers in the public sphere. If the Third Amendment is the least relevant of the Bill of Rights to Supreme Court jurisprudence, then the Ninth Amendment is the second‐least relevant.