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The Tyranny of the Gaps: Why Larry Bushart is the Anti-Federalist’s Modern Nightmare
By Roderick Threats This is the heartbeat of the 9th Amendment Project. By telling Larry Bushart’s story, In the dead of night on September 21, 2025, the law came for Larry Bushart Jr. Larry wasn’t a career criminal or a violent radical. He was a 61-year-old retired police officer living in Perry County, Tennessee. He…
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The Ninth Amendment and the Jurisprudence of Unenumerated Rights
The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution represents one of the most profound and conceptually complex declarations of human liberty within the American legal tradition. It states: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”. This single sentence, comprising only twenty-one…
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The Jurisdiction of Allegiance: A Minarchist Defense of Consensual Citizenship
An Analysis of Trump v. Barbara and the 10th Amendment PUBLISHED: March 30, 2026 PREPARED BY: Roderick Threats, Director, 9th Amendment Project (9AP) I. Executive Summary The current litigation in Trump v. Barbara (2026) regarding Executive Order 14160 represents the most significant constitutional crossroads since the Reconstruction Era. This paper argues that the 14th Amendment’s…