Question

The Ninth Amendment of the Constitution is below. What is the main purpose of this amendment, and why is it so general? The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Answer 1

The main purpose of this amendment is to secure the rights of the people that are not stated in the constitution.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the constitution says you can't or can walk your dog, can you walk your dog? Yes because the Ninth amendment protects that right because any rights that are not covered in the constitution are still protected by the amendment.

Answer 2

The answer is below

Step-by-step explanation:

What this implies is that even though, there are listed rights in the Constitution, it does not translate to mean that those other or nonlisted rights can be trampled upon or take away by the government.

In other words, the listed rights in the constitution are not the only rights available to the people of the United States. And the fact that other rights are not listed does not make them nonexistent, because all the human rights in this world cannot be listed in the constitution, because the list can be longer than necessary.