Amendment 9: The enumeration of rights in the Constitution won't be used against the people

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

This amendment protects our rights that may not exactly be stated out in the Constitution from being intruded upon. This is important because of the fact that not every right that we are given is stated, or can even be listed for that matter, but it still does not mean the government can overstep its boundaries using this fact. The rights as a whole, listed and not, are deemed protected here and further keeps the government from infringing on them.

Here we see Gorsuch call the 9th Amendment "less interpreted" since the rights are in the hands of the people. This somewhat forgotten amendment has lead to questions of what powers the states and federal government are actually given versus what they are actually doing. We need to more clearly define what rights are in this area to soften the debate on the topic.

Further discussing what was being debated in the video above, this calls the 9th Amendment one of the most important for the sole reason of being a catch-all for any rights that were not specifically stated in the Constitution. This really rings true because the power of the people needs to cover the gray areas of rights for which we are still being protected from our government from, however small or large they may be. It is impossible to list every right specifically so this coverage is needed to thwart any tyranny.