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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by ScottBurson on Monday June 10, 2013 @01:32PM (#5855793)
Yeah, that's the funny thing about the Ninth. It pretty much says, you shall not construe the other amendments strictly.

Kinda puts strict constructionists in a bind -- which was clearly its purpose.

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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by vbuterin on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:23PM (#5858904)
Not really; strict constitutionalists can still say that the government should never infringe on amendments 1...8,10, and if it can intrude even less (ie. add more rights) then that's great. In fact, I think that was the whole point of writing the constitution that way.
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