While most people ignore the Ninth Amendment, those who don’t usually get it completely wrong. It isn’t a grant of additional federal power; it’s a rule of construction designed to explain its limits. On this episode, we’ll uncover the forgotten history behind the ignored 9th Amendment.

Path to Liberty: August 6, 2025

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James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)

James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (28 May 1788)

Federal Farmer IV (12 Oct 1787)

George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (11 June 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 78 (28 May 1788)

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York (26 July 1788)

Kurt Lash – The Lost Original Meaning of the Ninth Amendment

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia (26 June 1788)

Brion McClanahan

James Madison – Speech in the House Introducing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)

James Madison – Letter to George Washington (5 Dec 1789)

Amendment IX

Hardin Burnley – Letter to James Madison (28 Nov 1789)

Kurt Lash – The Inescapable Federalism of the Ninth Amendment

James Madison – Speech on the Bank Bill (2 Feb 1791)

St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

John Taylor – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)

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