a yoke of oxen to get it out. In protesting the ban on marijuana use, Brenner framed his case in terms of the United States Constitution. The personal use of marijuana was a widespread, "trivial" and customary habit and, he argued, therefore was protected by the unenumerated rights alluded to in the 9th Amendment, according to which, "(t)he enumeration in the constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the People." Notes Citations Sources External links Interview with Lenni Brenner by JK Fowler for The Mantle March 19, 2011 1937 births 21st-century American historians Activists for African-American civil rights American anti–Vietnam War activists American male non-fiction writers American political writers American Trotskyists Historians of Jews and Judaism Historians of Nazism Historians of the United States Jewish American atheists Jewish American historians Jewish anti-Zionism in the United States Jewish socialists Living people Writers on Zionism