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Originally posted by geep
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.
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that right to privacy could be incorporated to the state governments (thru the 14th). i dont know if it's been incorporated yet, but if it has, states would have to respect the right also.