The significance of the Ninth Amendment remained unexplored until the case of

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The Ninth Amendment was cited in the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), in which the Supreme Court recognized a right to privacy in the Constitution. The Court argued that the Ninth Amendment's reference to "other rights retained by the people" implied the existence of a broad right to individual autonomy that could not be enumerated in the Bill of Rights. This interpretation has since been influential in many cases involving individual rights and freedoms, including the right to marry (Loving v. Virginia) and the right to consensual sexual activity (Lawrence v. Texas).

The Significance of the Ninth Amendment Remained Unexplored Until the Case