The Ninth Amendment addresses which concept?

• A. People's Rights Are Not Limited to Those Listed
• B. Powers Reserved to the States
• C. Right to Privacy
• D. Freedom of the Press

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is that not all rights are listed in the Constitution—there are unenumerated rights kept by the people. The Ninth Amendment makes clear that just because some rights are named, it doesn’t mean other rights don’t exist. In other words, the people retain more rights than those written down.

This is why it’s the best answer: it directly captures the purpose of the Ninth Amendment—protecting rights beyond those explicitly enumerated in the Constitution and preventing the government from assuming a complete catalog of rights exists.

Context helps: the Ninth Amendment sits among the Bill of Rights to limit federal power and to remind us that rights aren’t exhausted by a list. It’s different from other amendments here—The powers reserved to the states is the Tenth Amendment, which speaks to state sovereignty; the right to privacy is a concept drawn from several amendments rather than being spelled out in the Ninth; and freedom of the press is a First Amendment guarantee.