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>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. This just means that the ab
by bhupy 4y ago
>The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
This just means that the absence of an enumerated right doesn't imply that the right is totally absent. I.e. the fact that the Constitution doesn't outline a right to sell heroin doesn't mean that heroin is by default illegal; it's just left to the States (and the people) to decide what to do with it.
But importantly, just because the Constitution doesn't outline a right to sell heroin, one does not have a Constitutional right to sell heroin — that's absurd. It's still something that can be decided upon by the legislatures.