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The ninth amendment of the United States Constitution states that any rights not explicitly stated in the Constitution does not imply those rights do not exist for its citizens. I don't think I've ever heard this amendment cited in common discourse. Has it ever been historically significant?

by /u/com2420 in /r/AskHistorians

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