Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Step-by-step 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.