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The amendment, as proposed by Congress in 1789 and later ratified as the Ninth Amendment, reads as follows: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The amendment was proposed after the Shelby County v. Holder case overruled parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and in light of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. [66] Many key aspects of the amendment were incorporated into the proposed For the People Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. [67]
In the absence of a deadline, an amendment can be pending indefinitely and ratified long after being proposed to the states. Approximately 11,848 proposals to amend the Constitution have been introduced in Congress since 1789 (as of January 3, 2019 [update] ). [ 7 ]
According to Barnett, the proposed amendment "provides a targeted way to reverse particular congressional acts and administrative regulations without relying on federal judges or permanently amending the text of the Constitution to correct a specific abuse." [14] He described the intent of the amendment as follows:
A 2022 law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at protecting young people online likely violates the First Amendment of the Constitution, a panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of ...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved an order by a different 9th Circuit panel from a week earlier that suspended an injunction issued by a judge who concluded the Democratic-led state ...
September 25 • Constitutional amendments proposed by Congress Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution are approved by the Senate, having been passed by the House on the preceding day, both without recorded vote, and sent to the states for ratification. [71]
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which is not known for its friendliness to Second Amendment rights, dealt a blow to that end run by partly upholding two preliminary ...