The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Another blogger, blogging in the local media, asked me in an e-mail what the tag line for this blog was all about. Supporting the Ninth Amendment?
The Bill of [...]

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UPDATE: Richard Brookhiser seems to agree with me over at the Corner.
The Constitutional Convention that gave the United States its framework document opened after a delay on May 25, 1787. The final draft was signed September 17, 1787, four months later. It was ratified June 21, 1788, by New Hampshire which gave it the necessary [...]

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While reading through the various NRO blogs [note to NRO, overkill, people, overkill!] I came across a curious turn of phrase that I have seen in a number of other conservative writings. That notion is that it is “invention” if a court discerns a right that is not enumerated in the United States Constitution. That [...]

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Here’s some short points to remember as the confirmation process for Judge Roberts goes on.
You have a great many rights that are not named in the Constitution.
One of them is a right to privacy. The government has no business in your personal life.
That is NOT a right to an abortion. It is merely the conclusion [...]

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The Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent [...]

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The uproar over the recent decision to strike down the Texas law against same-sex sodomy continues. And I don’t understand why.
Most of the objections being raised on the right concern the “creation” of a new right under the United States Constitution. Here are Amendments Nine and Ten of the Bill of Rights:Amendment IX
The enumeration in [...]

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An Australian, living in my neck of the woods, last week had an op-ed piece in the local news on dead trees, in which he maintained that America was not the greatest country. I’ve given the subject a lot of thought since then. I do believe that America is the greatest nation on the planet [...]

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One of my friends got on a bus last night about 10, and is in our nation’s capial today exercising his Constitutional right to protest and lobby the government. I’ll be watching the on-line news to see how it’s all reported. I suspect that there will be more people than [...]

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