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The 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution enforces federal law, including the Bill of Rights, on the state governments.

However, before the 14th Amendment, states did have the ability to "violate" the rights of their citizens.

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Not without amending the federal constitution.

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Yes. In the United States the 14th amendment to the constitution made the bill of rights and all other rights in the Federal Constitution binding on State Governments.

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