IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES


BARRINGTON CHRISTIE, Petitioner

 VS.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent

PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

    NINTH AMENDMENT: 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) (The drug statute at issue)

constitutes a violation of the Ninth Amendment.

    “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” U.S. Constitution, Amendment IX.

    Although the Ninth Amendment obviously was intended to warn courts that citizens have rights that are not enumerated in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution, this amendment also has been virtually read out of the Constitution, although scholarly work in this area has awakened renewed interest in the Ninth Amendment. Defendant argues that, considered in light of Lawrence, the time is right for a Ninth Amendment challenge to federal drug laws. The Ninth Amendment challenge also bolsters defendant’s other constitutional arguments in that the Ninth Amendment further shows the great limits intended for federal action, and how far the federal government has strayed therefrom.