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by klyrs 719 days ago
> > Judges can't gin up new "rights" from "emanations from penumbras" in the Constitution.

> The 9th amendment (and federalist #84) would have some things to say about this.

Funny how the 9th amendment was meant to be a bulwark against textualism, isn't it? Much like the "well-regulated militia," this original text of the constitution is ignored in favor of latter-day ideology.