The Forgotten Amendment Dr. James Hirsen April 8, 2002 "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Nowhere in the Constitution is the principle of limited government more focused than in that rarely discussed amendment of the Bill of Rights: Amendment IX. But this "forgotten" amendment is one that makes evident the underlying basis of the highest law of our land. The Declaration of Independence, the footing upon which the Constitution was built, states that rights are "endowed by our Creator." This is an acknowledgment that inalienable...