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What does the Ninth Amendment state? In one or two sentences, explain the amendment in your own words.

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"All rights not stated in the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people".

Answer:

Just because the right in not exclusively stated in the constitution or the bill of right it does not mean that people of America do not have other rights.

Explanation:

  • Ninth amendment state that citizens have other rights even if they are not listed in the constitution or the bill of rights as belonging to the state or national government.
  • The ninth amendment has been used by the supreme court to define the limits of the government violation of the personal liberty of the person.
  • The supreme court has determined some of these unlisted rights include such as:
  1. The right of a woman to choose to have an abortion.
  2. The right to privacy.
  3. The right of the person not to be tried based on unlawfully gained evidence.

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