Description
Book SynopsisTells the story of how the ‘Baby Ninths’ came to be and what they mean. Unlike the controversy surrounding the Ninth Amendment, the meaning of the Baby Ninths is straightforward: they protect individual rights that are not otherwise enumerated.
Trade Review“More exploration of state constitutional rights is needed as state constitutions often provide for greater rights than the U.S. Constitution. This book helps fill that gap in analyzing unenumerated rights, originally promulgated by James Madison with the adoption of the Ninth Amendment.” —Brian Craig, Purdue University Global
“By accomplishing the important task of illustrating and assembling an impressive body of material on the nature and existence of unenumerated rights provisions in State constitutions,
Baby Ninth Amendments is recommended reading for those seeking to understand the legal bases for many of Americans’ basic freedoms.” —Michael A. Lawrence, Michigan State University College of Law
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Path to Judicially Enforceable Unenumerated Rights
- Chapter 2: The Growth of Baby Ninths Before the Civil War
- Chapter 3: Baby Ninths from the Civil War to Today
- Chapter 4: Judges (Mostly) Haven’t Agreed
- Chapter 5: What do Baby Ninths Mean?
- Chapter 6: What Individual Rights do Baby Ninths Protect?
- Afterword: What do Baby Ninths Tell Us?
