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Ninth Amendment  

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  • The debate over so-called strict constructionist versus activist judges revolves around the question whether the American people are better served by a literal (strict) interpretation of the U.S. Constitution or by an expansive (activist) interpretation. As the renowned U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. [Source: Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law; Ninth Amendment]

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