Amendment IX

Debates in Congress

• quoted bySuggested
  House, August 17, 1789, ¶ 50

  The eighth clause of the -fourth proposition was taken up, which was, The enumeration in this constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

  The paragraph gives the words of the committee's proposal, and its words "constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" appear in the Ninth Amendment.

• cited bySuggested
  House, June 14, 1864 (2), ¶ 21

  Articles nine and ten of the Amendments to the Constitution are conclusive on this point.

  The paragraph names "Articles nine and ten of the Amendments to the Constitution".

• cited bySuggested
  House, June 14, 1864 (2), ¶ 45

  5 er.- xando Wood] has' had the hardihood to piomul e to this nation that the ninth and tenth aiticles of the Amendments to the. Constitution do away and make a nullity of the article to which 1 have directed attention and quoted.

  The paragraph names "the ninth and tenth articles of the Amendments to the Constitution" ("aiticles" is an OCR misreading).

• cited bySuggested
  House, January 28, 1865, ¶ 36

  I turn to them and find certain rights are reserved— articles nine and ten are the ones they refer to.

  The paragraph names articles nine and ten of the amendments.

• quoted bySuggested
  House, January 28, 1865, ¶ 37

  Article nine provides that "the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people;" and article ten provides that" the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,…

  The paragraph quotes "article nine" of the amendments.

• cited bySuggested
  House, January 28, 1865, ¶ 39

  And will it be pretended that there is not the same power, and by precisely the same process, to remove from the Constitution articles nine and ten?

  The paragraph names "articles nine and ten" of the Constitution's amendments.

• cited bySuggested
  House, May 8, 1866 (3), ¶ 101

  If any further answer were needed, it would be found in the ninth and tenth articles of the same instrument:

  The paragraph cites "the ninth and tenth articles" of the Constitution's amendments, the first of which it quotes in the next paragraph.

• quoted bySuggested
  House, May 8, 1866 (3), ¶ 102

  "Art. 9. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not bo construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

  The paragraph quotes the Ninth Amendment in full under the heading "Art. 9" ("bo" is an OCR misreading of "be").

• cited bySuggested
  House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 485

  …want the strong arm of the Federal Government made stronger, so that it will make us do right; the Declaration of Independence is a lie; local self-government is a failure; Article IX and Article X should never have been placed in our Constitution; government by the people is a failure; we want all power vested in Congressmen and Senators; they are wiser than we; we know not what we need; we are…

  The speaker names "Article IX" of the Constitution, the Ninth Amendment, in a list of what the people would have to say to ratify the Bristow amendment.

• quoted bySuggested
  Senate, February 8, 1869 (2), ¶ 495

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

  The paragraph quotes the Ninth Amendment in full, introduced in the previous paragraph as "a provision of the Constitution".

• quoted bySuggested
  Senate, March 19, 1962 (2), ¶ 57

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

  The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Ninth Amendment.

• cited bySuggested
  Senate, March 19, 1962 (2), ¶ 56

  If this language in section 2 of article 1 is not specific enough, the ninth amendment says:

  The paragraph names the ninth amendment by number and introduces its words.

• quoted bySuggested
  Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 402

  .certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people .

  The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Ninth Amendment.

• cited bySuggested
  Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 399

  !Let me read the ninth amendment. It specifically declares:

  The paragraph names the ninth amendment by number and introduces its words.

• cited bySuggested
  Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 403

  The people insisted that, as a · condition of their ratification, the Constitution should contain the ninth amendment, absolutely retaining in them the rights not specifically enum-erated as rights ()f the Federal Government.

  The paragraph names the ninth amendment by number.

• cited bySuggested
  Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 404

  But the people did not stop with the ninth amendment, as Senators know.

  The paragraph names the ninth amendment by number.

The Supreme Court

Cases whose essays in the Constitution Annotated cite them under this clause, oldest first. Each link names the pages it comes from.

• interpreted bySuggested
  Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)381 U.S. 479, decided June 7, 1965

  The Constitution Annotated's essays on this provision cite the case on 4 pages.

  Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays Amdt9.1, Amdt9.2, Amdt9.3, pp. 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966.

• interpreted bySuggestedOverruled
  Roe v. Wade (1973)410 U.S. 113, decided January 22, 1973

  The Constitution Annotated's essays on this provision cite the case on 2 pages.

  Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays Amdt9.1, Amdt9.2, Amdt9.3, pp. 1963, 1966.

• interpreted bySuggested
  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)597 U.S. 215, decided June 24, 2022

  The Constitution Annotated's essays on this provision cite the case on 2 pages.

  Source: Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (2022 ed.), essays Amdt9.1, Amdt9.2, Amdt9.3, pp. 1963, 1966.