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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

What does the word construed suggest the author feels about the Constitution?

The Constitution has more value than the rights of the individual people it governs.
The Constitution is an infallible document, regardless of interpretations.
The Constitution may be interpreted in a variety of ways to benefit the people.
The Constitution may be interpreted in a way that would harm the people.

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The Constitution may be interpreted in a way that would harm the people.

The right answer is The Constitution may be interpreted in a way that would harm the people.

The Constitution must be interpreted in such a way as to avoid contradictions between its norms. That is, constitutional text should be interpreted as a whole, in a systematic and contextual way. Thus, the principle of unity of the Constitution imposes on the interpreter the harmonization of tensions and conflicts between constitutional norms. This does not mean that the Constitution does not have norms can possibly conflict, when analyzed punctually.