As you correctly noted, the Constitution explicitly does not afford a right to privacy and other intangibles. This argument gets a lot stronger when you remove

As you correctly noted, the Constitution explicitly does not afford a right to privacy and other intangibles. This argument gets a lot stronger when you remove the Ninth Amendment from the Constitution. People can joke about all the "penumbras and emanations" silliness, but the fact remains that there's explicit support for protecting rights not explicitly enumerated.