JAMB English Language 2018 Objective — Question 3
Question 3 of 60 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2018 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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According to the passage, what would the Ninth Amendment imply about a right to 'a trial by jury', guaranteed in the Seventh Amendment?
- A. The Ninth Amendment would provide direct support for this right.
- B. The Ninth Amendment would not support this right directly, but would support all the logistics that would allow citizens to exercise this right.
- C. The Ninth Amendment would apply to trials that fall outside the jurisdiction of Federal Courts.
- D. The Ninth Amendment is irrelevant to any right mentioned explicitly in the Bill of Rights.Correct
Explanation
The Ninth Amendment specifically concerns unenumerated rights; since trial by jury is already explicitly guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment, the Ninth Amendment is irrelevant to it.
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