The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
This amendment was very important to many of the founding fathers, because they wanted it made very clear that just because a right is not explicitely stated in the Bill of Rights does not mean that the citizens do not retain that right. There have been many cases based on this amendment. The basis of this amendment is the penumbra, or the gray area between what rights we retain vs what rights we can be denied. Most of the cases that rule on the basis of this amendment rule that we have many rights that are not specified, but garanteed through unspecified rights.
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