[Jim Noble]

I have often wondered this myself. I think the Ninth and even more so the Tenth are strong support for the right of the People and their Representatives in the States to legislate on a broad variety of topics now proscribed by a misinterpretation of the 14th.

[BikerNYC]

But that would mean that the "rights" referred to in the 9th Amendment are retained by the States. Rather, they are retained by individuals and States cannot legislate to deny them either.

[Charles_Bingley]

In other words, The 14th amendment did what our modern Liberals warn us about in school: amend the Bills of Rights and and we lost that protection from a tyrantical, central government.

Jim Noble wrote:

I have often wondered this myself. I think the Ninth and even more so the Tenth are strong support for the right of the People and their Representatives in the States to legislate on a broad variety of topics now proscribed by a misinterpretation of the 14th.