The U.S. Constitution is our supreme law in America. Amendments are part of the Constitution. The first 10 Amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted to the state legislatures in 1789 and ...

The Bill of Rights has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at how they relate to ...

Regardless, the Ninth Amendment is a means for the Court to determine certain rights which predate the Constitution. Even if never mentioned in the Constitution, they are not excluded.