The enigmatic amendment -- The origins of the Ninth Amendment -- Debating the Ninth Amendment -- On text and historical understanding -- The Eleventh Amendment as a retained right of the people -- Federalism and liberty, 1794-1803 -- The Ninth Amendment and the Marshall court -- Slavery and the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment -- The fall of the original Ninth Amendment and the rise of New Deal constitutionalism -- Death and transfiguration : how the Ninth Amendment got filed in the wrong place -- Guarding the retained rights of the people
Summary
The most important aspect of this book is its presentation of newly uncovered historical evidence which calls into question the currently presumed meaning and application of the Ninth Amendment
