The Ninth Amendment

[ConHog]

I know, But i couldn't see where you where coming from with that question.

"Does this Amendment mean we have the right to do pretty much whatever we want as long as it isn't expressly forbidden in the COTUS?"

when you say "we" do you mean the federal gov't? because the Constitution per se doesn't stop citizens from doing anything unless one is a part of the federal gov't i believe.

I worded it exactly the way I wanted to. As you know, some argue that unless the COTUS specifically states the government has the authority to do something, then the government doesn't have authority to do something.

So, by logical extension that would mean that unless the COTUS specifically says the government can't stop us from doing a particular thing, we can do that particular thing, right?

Or not.