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The 9 th and 10 th Amendments

The 9 th and 10 th Amendments. The Bill of Rights and the Concept of Limited Government. Limited Government.

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The 9 th and 10 th Amendments

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  1. The 9th and 10th Amendments The Bill of Rights and the Concept of Limited Government

  2. Limited Government • Those who wrote the Constitution spoke of creating a “limited,” or small and weak, central government. Those who wanted a Bill of Rights wanted to make sure that limiting the government’s powers was specifically written into the document.

  3. 9th Amendment • The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. • The fact that the Constitution does not specifically grant certain rights, such as the right to drive a car, should not be interpreted to mean that you DON’T have that right.

  4. 10th Amendment • The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. • Any power not specifically given to the federal government is held only by the states, since the states are the best voice of the individual.

  5. Conclusion • The 9th and 10th Amendments are probably the most far-reaching, least-understood, and least-used parts of the modern federal Constitution. In the age of immense government, these efforts to preserve a small, weak, limited government seem to have failed. However, they remain an integral part of the Constitution and, therefore, remain the law of the land. Isn’t that a contradiction?

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