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ELI5: Ninth Amendment

Canadian here. What is the meaning of the Ninth Amendment, and what are examples of laws that would violate the Ninth Amendment.
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It basically allows for the possibility that the founding fathers didn't account for 100% of the rights a person has and will always have and allows for "common sense" interpretations of those rights so that they don't need to be explicitly stated in the bill of rights for them to exist and be real.

It's basically meant to ensure the government doesn't try to restrict peoples rights to the limit of a literal interpretation of the bill of rights. So even if a law was crafted that was meant to restrict all free speech except what is explicitly stated in the first amendment, the law would fail because the 9th amendment says there may be more rights that are covered but not writen in the bill of rights.

This helps keep the door open for future amendments that are meant to specify rights that weren't writen down previously.