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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby
I have no f-in idea what that means.
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It means, "just 'cause we didn't write it down, doesn't necessarily mean it's not a right."
This does 2 things. It allows the legislative branch to pass laws such as the Civil Rights Act without it being struck down by the Supreme Court on the grounds of, "It ain't in the Constitution, so it ain't Constitutional." Otherwise, such laws would have to be passed as amendments.
Secondly, it's what's invoked to justify one's implied "right to privacy".