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but advanced by the Supreme Court by finding unconstitutional a
state or federal statute without relying on the Ninth Amendment,
have included: the right to earn a livelihood_ Traux_ v° Raich,
239 U°S. 33, 60 L. Ed. 131 (1915); the right of parents to send
their children to private school, Pierce v° Society o_f th_9
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus _an_Ma[/i, 268 U.S. 510, 69 L.
Ed. 1070 (1925); the right of privacy, Olms_ed Vo United States,
277 U.S. 438, 72 L. Ed. 944 (1929), (J. Brandeis, dissenting);
the right of employees to self-organization and chosen
representations N.L.R.B. vo Jones and L a_ui_hlin Steel CorD, 301
U.S. I, 57 So Ct. 334 (1937); right of ma:criage and procreation,
_kiDner v. Oklahoma_, 316 U.S. 535, 62 S. Cto Iii0 (1941), Lovi!l&I
v. Vi_rgi/_i_!, 388 UoS. _,I 87 So Ct. 1817,_ i[8 L. Ed. i010 (1967);
freedom of association and privacy in one"s association,
N.A.A.C.Po V. Aiiabama, 357 U.S. 449, 78 S. Cto 11163 (1957);
freedom to travel within frontiers, Kent__y° Dulles, 357 UoS. 116,
78 S. Ct. 1113 (1958); right to advice concerning what lawyer a
union member could confidently reply upon, R_gilroad Trainmen v.
i_irginia Board of Elections, 383 U.So 663, 86 S. Ct. 1079, 16 L.
Ed.2d 169 (1966); the right to vote in federal elections,
_o Mitchell. s 400 U.S° 112, 91 So Ct. 260, 27 Lo Ed.2d 272 (1970) °
It should suffice to merely comment that hy advancing as
fundamental, individual rights which lack enumeration in the
federal Constitution, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed the
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