al ▁rat ification ▁deb ates ▁Anti - F eder al ists ▁argued ▁that ▁a ▁Bill ▁of ▁Rights ▁should ▁be ▁added . ▁ ▁The ▁Federal ists ▁opposed ▁it ▁on ▁grounds ▁that ▁a ▁list ▁would ▁necessarily ▁be ▁incomplete ▁but ▁would ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁explicit ▁and ▁exhaust ive , ▁thus ▁en larg ing ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁by ▁imp lication . ▁ ▁The ▁Anti - F eder al ists ▁pers isted , ▁and ▁several ▁state ▁rat ification ▁convent ions ▁refused ▁to ▁rat ify ▁the ▁Constitution ▁without ▁a ▁more ▁specific ▁list ▁of ▁prote ctions , ▁so ▁the ▁First ▁Congress ▁added ▁what ▁became ▁the ▁N inth ▁Am end ment ▁as ▁a ▁comprom ise . ▁Because ▁the ▁rights ▁protected ▁by ▁the ▁N inth ▁Am end ment ▁are ▁not ▁specified , ▁they ▁are ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" un en umer ated ". ▁ ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁has ▁found ▁that ▁un en umer ated ▁rights ▁include ▁such ▁important ▁rights ▁as ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁travel , ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote , ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁priv acy , ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁make ▁important ▁dec isions ▁about ▁one ' s ▁health ▁care ▁or ▁body . ▁ ▁The ▁T enth ▁Am end ment ▁( 1 7 9 1 ) ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Bill ▁of ▁Rights ▁to ▁further ▁define ▁the ▁balance ▁of ▁power ▁between ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁and ▁the ▁states . ▁The ▁am end ment ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁has ▁only ▁those ▁powers ▁specifically ▁granted ▁by ▁the ▁Constitution . ▁These ▁powers ▁include ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁declare ▁war , ▁to ▁collect ▁tax