You are exactly correct.
It is very gratifying to me that there is at least one other "Freeper" who understands and appreciates the 9th amendment.
I am sure that I post at least once a week a reference to the 9th amendment as our ultimate defense against the federal tyranny of the misapplied commerce clause and tyranny of those who believe in majority rule.
If you have in fact read Justice Goldberg's concurring opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut, it is my opinion that Justice Goldberg began to scare himself with the real implication and power of the individual liberty residing and emanating from the implication of the 9th amendment and if applied correctly, the 9th amendment could begin to dismantle the entire federal regulatory system, such as, for example, using the 9th amendment as the constitutional basis for overturning laws enacted by the federal Congress forcing the states to enact seat belt laws to retain federal highway money, when he stated,
"I do not mean to imply that the Ninth Amendment is applied against the States by the Fourteenth. Nor do I mean to state that the Ninth Amendment constitutes an independent source of rights protected from infringement by either the States or the Federal Government. Rather, the Ninth Amendment shows a belief of the Constitution's authors that fundamental rights exist that are not expressly enumerated in the first eight amendments and an intent that the list of rights included there not be deemed exhaustive."
Justice Goldberg diminishes the power of the 9th amendment by using the phrase "...fundamental rights exist..."
What the hell are "fundamental rights?" More litigation, more fighting and arguing to try and determine that definition.
Similar to "compelling state interest."
There are many, but sadly, not nearly enough.