Which provision states that citizens are entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution?

Which provision states that citizens are entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution?

• A. Citizens are entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
• B. The President has veto power
• C. The federal government can do anything it wants
• D. All citizens are required to house troops

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is that people have rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution. This protection comes from the Ninth Amendment, which says that listing certain rights in the Constitution should not be understood to deny or disparage others retained by the people. In other words, citizens are entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution, because unenumerated rights still belong to the people.

This principle prevents a narrow reading that could ignore freedoms not spelled out in writing. The Ninth Amendment was included to reassure that government power is limited and that fundamental liberties aren’t exhausted by the textos that appear in the Bill of Rights.

The other options don’t fit this concept: veto power concerns the President’s ability to block legislation, not unlisted rights; the idea that the federal government can do anything overstretches constitutional limits; and requiring citizens to house troops would contradict protections against quartering soldiers, as addressed in the Third Amendment.