Subject: Re: Here's one for the ATHEIST board
What about the catch-all and somewhat squishy Ninth Amendment:

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

It's not that squishy. It basically says the government shouldn't be running around taking away things from the people.

But if a right is NOT listed in the constitution, then where IS it listed? The dreaded Federalist Papers?

I don't get the fear attached to the Federalists Papers. They're the reason why the US Constitution is the marvel that it is: in only 13 pages it lays out a very clear and very succinct form of government. The Federalist Papers are the Appendices that tell you what the Founding Fathers were thinking/intending at the time and IMO is something that should be taught far more than it is.