Douglas' "emanations" argument was that the right to privacy can be inferred from other enumerated rights (First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments), i

Douglas' "emanations" argument was that the right to privacy can be inferred from other enumerated rights (First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments), i.e. a constitutional interpretation that unenumerated rights exists. Arguments against implied but unenumerated rights in the constitution can easily be made, but summarizing this as hand wavy leaves out a lot of detail.