"Rights do not grow smaller or larger."
How is this squared with the 9th amendment?
Article IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
This seems fairly straightforward to me. Rights enumerated in the Constitution are rights permitted to the government. It really boils down to the fact that the "Bill of Rights" has always been misnamed and should have been called the "Bill of Restrictions". If you read them closely, you find that they never define anyone's rights, but certainly define what Congress is not allowed to do.
I would recommend "The Lost History of the Ninth" by Kurt Lash. Also the companion "The Lost Jurisprudence" by the same author. They are available for download (free)from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) electronic library at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=505482.