Monday, July 13, 2009

The Ninth Amendment

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

Any Republican who goes on about 'inventing rights not found in the constitution' has not read it. This does not mean that new rights can be invented, but it does mean that those rights that come out of the common law as precedent and tradition are just as real as those listed in the constitution.