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Originally posted by slakjaw
Airplanes are not mentioned in the constitution as far as I know.
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One more thing.
You hear certain folks; Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and other so-called conservatives; mention repeatedly that things not mentioned in the Constitution (the federal one, not state) are not protected against government intrusion. This is patently false for two reasons.
First, government is not, repeat NOT, authorized to regulate anything specifically NOT mentioned as authorized for regulation by the Constitution. The Constitution is an envelope within which the federal government must remain, there are no exceptions.
Second, rights do not have to be mentioned in the Constitution in order to be protected from government intrusion. That's part of common law, but specifically written into the Bill of Rights in the 9th Amendment.
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Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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The right to privacy is protected by the 9th Amendment, as well as the 4th Amendment for example, even though the word
privacy appears nowhere in the Constitution.
The Roosevelt regime effectively gutted the 9th Amendment by intimidating the Supreme Court with threats of expanding the number of judges sitting on it. This set up the current method of increasing federal power by legislation, executive abuse of power, and judicial cowardice and corruption.