"Dave" wrote
Since you raise the question, Jonathan, my views are that:

1. The federal Constitution was never intended to create federally
protected
rights beyond those specifically enumerated. Protection of rights not
specifically enumerated was left to the States and to the political
process.

Your views are not only wrong, they are disputed by ALL of the framers of
the Constitution and are specifically refuted by the ninth amendment.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/c...mendment09/#f5