Lash acknowledges the linguistic distinction between the states’ rule-of-construction proposals and the final text of the Ninth Amendment, but argues that the Ninth Amendment’s focus on ...

Pilon contends that I “ignore the plain text” of the Ninth Amendment, but my reading of it as a rule of construction comports perfectly with its text: “The enumeration in the Constitution of ...

Ponnuru’s interpretation is the very same one that the Ninth Amendment was designed to prevent ... but instead to enforce the text as written. The law, as understood by the Founders, included ...

Introduction A divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled that Hawaii cannot enforce laws that (1) allow acquisition of a handgun only within 30 days ...