FORGOTTEN NINTH AMENDMENT. A CALL FOR LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS UNDER SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF TODAY.

Item #: 1000358

Pages: ix, 217 pp.
Published: Indianapolis; Bobbs-Merrill Company; 1955. Reprinted in 2008.

This provative essay considers the historical background,meaning and effect of the Ninth Amendment, which states "theenumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall notbe construed to deny or disprage others retained by thepeople." Patterson feels the amendment was "forgotten"because no real purpose has been found for it. He arguesthat the amendment would become valuable if it was construedto incorporate the doctrine of natural law, which he ranksabove constitutional rights. Moreover, this doctrine shouldserve to restrict federal and state power. "Whether thereader agrees with Mr. Patterson's contentions or not, thesincerity of his views cannont be gainsaid, and histreatment of ...": Donald J. Farage, Dicksonson Law Review60 (1955-56) 291.

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