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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:20 PM Original message |
I have never understood the Ninth Amendment |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. why don't you post it along with your question? |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. i think it means |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't let anyone convince you of this lame explanation. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. i found this, it's helpful. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And THAT is the correct answer........ |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. There's our right to privacy. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's saying that the Constitution is not an exhaustive list of all the rights |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Not just that, if you look at the various amendments, most of them talk about the government... |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Some clarification, please |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The "right" not to be controlled by your government ... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I meant that instead of simply saying we have the right to bear arms... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. The US Constitution was opposed by the anti-Federalists who wanted a bill of rights. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. yes, I have said boosh has it exactly backward..if WE are not expressly |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. The federal government can't do ANYTHING the constitution doesn't specifically say. Social Security? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, the government can't take away rights not spelled out in the BOR. |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's another way of saying it. The right to choose your own retirement... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. What do you mean by own retirement? You talking about privatizing |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. They really should have called that General Welfare instead of Social Security. n/t |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Haha, they well "security" sells, and both the left and the right milk that word for all its worth. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. To me "Social Security" says, your going to the Saturday night dance even if you can't afford it. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. or, of course |
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insanity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think it's been answered |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Means that just because certain rights are explicitly protected doesn't mean you don't have others. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. What is means is that we can still have rights that AREN'T set forth |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You know |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ninth Amendment is based on old (Latin) maxim of jurisprudence ... |
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warrior1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I suddenly |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. No such thing as a greater right or more of a right. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. It means, "just because we listed some rights, doesn't mean that those are the only rights you have" |
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