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To: jwalsh07
The ninth amendment is a restraint on the feds, not a granting of omnipotence.

The ninth is a restraint on anyone who would attempt to enumerate rights. Particularly tyrants in power. Whatever level.

118 posted on 10/31/2003 4:26:06 PM PST by Protagoras (Hating Democrats doesn't make you a conservative.)
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To: Protagoras
The ninth is a restraint on anyone who would attempt to enumerate rights. Particularly tyrants in power. Whatever level.

To some, the 9th and 14th are the fountain of whatever you want them to be, not what they are.

Those folks are supporters of an overly strong central government and an enemy to freedom in my view.

122 posted on 10/31/2003 4:41:26 PM PST by jwalsh07
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