What happens if the first amendment is repealed?

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It is a clear message that the government cannot interfere with free expression.

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So if the consensus is that we would no longer have a right to free speech and etc, is the Ninth Amendment then useless? Because I would think the basic rights enumerated in the First Amendment are some of the most basic "retained by the people."

There is other stuff, too, I'd imagine. The ninth is there just to make sure the government knows its place, and to affirm the people's sovereignty. I doubt it was written with anything specific in mind.