Assault on the Ninth Amendment

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. - The Bill of Rights

This ninth amendment states that the list of rights in the Constitution will not be used to deny any individual of another right. Yet, all levels of government have passed laws which restrict or prohibit many of the things that are protected by the Bill of Rights.

For example, many cities have passed ordinances or legislation that restrict or prohibit the assembly of a large group of people for any purpose, violating the First Amendment right of the people peaceably to assemble. Free speech zones, areas set aside in public places for political activists to exercise their right of free speech, have been used at a variety of political gatherings while denying First Amendment rights outside the zones.

The Supreme Court in its Roe vs. Wade decision denys the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of millions of babies killed in their mothers wombs every year?

The rights of one individual now exceed that of another. The right of freedom of speech in the name of "verbal sexual harassment" (not physical harassment) is one example. Another example is the rights of the criminal in todays judicial system which often exceed the rights of the victim and society.

The teaching of Atheism and other religions in public schools, but denying Christianity an equal place to these other beliefs and organizations. It is illegal to invite a priest or any other individual representing any Christian religion to speak in public schools; but it is legal to invite a practicing witch to speak on the doctrines of the occult. It is illegal to mention God in any school or government institution, but it legal to teach and discuss doctrines of the occult. In 1980 the Supreme Court ruled that even the presence of the Ten Commandments in a public school was unconstitutional. The reason being: "If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any effect at all, it will be to induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments; this is not a permissible objective."

Written by Vic Bilson
Jeremiah Project

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