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The 9th Amendment is a catch-all only as far as the Federal government is concerned. If it were intended to apply to the states, how could we determine what isn't a right? According to your interpretation, we can do whatever the fuck we want and no level of government can stop it. That makes no sense at all.

Here are James Madison's remarks about what would become the 9th Amendment:

"It has been objected also against a Bill of Rights, that, by enumerating particular exceptions to the grant of power, it would disparage those rights which were not placed in that enumeration; and it might follow by implication, that those rights which were not singled out, were intended to be assigned into the hands of the General Government, and were consequently insecure. This is one of the most plausible arguments I have ever heard against the admission of a bill of rights into this system; but, I conceive, that it may be guarded against. I have attempted it, as gentlemen may see by turning to the last clause of the fourth resolution."

The 9th is a restraint on the Federal government, not the states. Of course, that's pretty clear just by the wording of it.

And through the 14th it DOES apply to states.

 

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And through the 14th it DOES apply to states.

Incorrect. However, I'm too tired to explain why you are wrong, and frankly it should be obvious anyway. Read the "specific amendments" section in the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_(Bill_of_Rights)#Specific_amendments

Bottom line, the 9th has never applied to the States nor was it intended to. It would kind of be like applying the 10th to the States. And that wouldn't make any sense, now would it.