Amendment 9
Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
This is another cache in the patriotic series where from at least one stage of the cache you will see an American flag. The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle to get the final container coordinates. BYOP. Use stealth.
During debates over ratification of the Constitution, some opponents of ratification complained about the absence of a bill of rights. In response, Federalist supporters of the Constitution argued that a bill of rights would be dangerous because if you have a list of rights then this may imply that all those rights that are not listed are surrendered. Because it was impossible to list all possible rights of the people, a bill of rights might actually be construed to justify the government’s power to limit any liberties of the people that were not enumerated. Nevertheless, because the Anti-Federalist demand for a bill of rights resonated with the public, Federalists like James Madison countered with a pledge to offer amendments after the ratification of the Constitution.
As a representative from Virginia to the first Congress, Madison repeatedly insisted, over both indifference and vocal opposition, that the House take up the issue of amendments. In a now famous and much-analyzed speech, he introduced a list of amendments that he proposed be inserted within the text of the Constitution so as literally to “amend” or change it. For example, he proposed that “there be prefixed” to the Constitution a declaration that “Government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people; which consists in the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right of acquiring and using property, and generally of pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.”
Madison proposed the following language that was the forerunner to the Ninth Amendment: “The exceptions here or elsewhere in the constitution, made in favor of particular rights, shall not be so construed as to diminish the just importance of other rights retained by the people; or as to enlarge the powers delegated by the constitution; but either as actual limitations of such powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution.”
Answer the questions below about the Bill of Rights to get the final coordinates.
N 32° AB.C40
W 111° 44.D6A
A = A citizen cannot be compelled to be a witness against himself, and cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
B = Provides citizens the right to protect themselves and their families with arms.
C = Guarantees the right to a jury in federal civil trials.
D = Bars the government from imposing excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments.
Checker: Add up all the numbers (using each number only once) and the total should be 22.
FTF: Carmel!