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Originally posted by The_Dude
i have to disagree on that.
the closest thing would be the ninth. which says just cuz a liberty is not mentioned in constitution/bill of rights, it doesnt mean that it doesnt exist.
so, guarenteed liberties could exist, but it doesnt necessarily have to be stated.
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Put them together and it still gives the Supreme Court nothing. If the rights exist, and we all agree there is a right to privacy, and it is addressed by the IX Amendment, then the X Amendment removes the United States government from any obligation to enforce that right, leaving that activity to the states or to the people (read
majority). While many (myself included) do not believe the government has any business in certain private affairs, the Constitution does not prohibit the states from
regulating these affairs. The proscribed remedy for this intrusion, as outlined in X, would be removal of any laws restricting or violating these rights by the
state or people of the state in which the violations take place.