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Constitutional Individualism: The Ninth Amendment and the “Natural Rights of Man”

By Lucas Benjamin Drill ● StartingPoints Journal ● 07/19/2018


The Ninth Amendment is not a one-off historical anachronism aimed at protecting nonexistent rights. Instead, it should be construed by the courts as a bulwark against undue governmental interference in people’s private lives.

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