--- title: The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights | TIME description: When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down, it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted to correct that. canonical: https://time.com/video/M2sW3isF/ og:title: The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights og:description: When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down, it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted to correct that. og:url: https://time.com/video/M2sW3isF/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/M2sW3isF/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights twitter:description: When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down, it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted to correct that. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/M2sW3isF/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights ## Video: The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights [Watch (HLS stream): The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/M2sW3isF.m3u8) (2:25)  _Published 2011-06-28. When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down, it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted to correct that._ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:14 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy](/video/5RNWfl7X/) ### Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy [The Sixth Amendment and Your Right to a Speedy, Public Trial](/video/031K5HLB/) ### The Sixth Amendment and Your Right to a Speedy, Public Trial [The Tenth Amendment and States' Rights](/video/5N4osmQj/) ### The Tenth Amendment and States' Rights --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights","description":"When James Madison penned the Bill of Rights, some worried that by writing some things down, it meant other rights were not secured. The ninth amendment attempted to correct that.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/M2sW3isF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-06-28T14:51:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/M2sW3isF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/M2sW3isF/","duration":"PT2M25S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/M2sW3isF/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```