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Arvon said
Seems to me this ruling flys in the face of the 9 and 10th amendments.
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I’m not surre where your coming up with this Arvon but you are way off .
Amendment 9: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
This amendment basicaly states that individuals have rights even though they may not be specifically ennumerated in the constitution itself. Primary among these (according to the Supreme Court) is the right ot privacy. In this case the Court is saying that consenting adults do have the right to privacy.
Amendment 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Basically the justices said that this ruling was covered by the 14th amendment and it’s equal protection clause. The 14th amendment, like any amendment is considered tobe part of the constitution. The equal protection of all citizens of this country is part of the constitution and therefore not left to the states to decide if they will protect only some of its citizens but the federal government who is charged to provide equal protection to ALL citizens.