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The 10th amendment to the United States Constitution applies the Bill of Rights to the states. The amendment is a guarantee to all US citizens.
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What was the purpose of the First Amendment in the United States Constitution?
The purpose of the First Amendment in the United States Constitution is to protect and guarantee the rights of freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What does the acronym ERA stand for?
Equal Rights Amendment, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed in the early 1970s but never ratified
What civil war amendment granted equal protection under the law and applied the bill of rights to the states?
14th
What amendment guarantees due process of law?
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments both guarantee the right of due process of the law. The Fifth Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights; the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, has been used to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states.
Who wrote the first ERA?
The first Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was written by suffragist Alice Paul in 1923. The ERA is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that aims to guarantee equal rights under the law regardless of sex.
What amendment protects states rights?
10th amendment
Rights not found specifically in the Bill of Rights are protected by the which Amendment?
Fifth amendment
The majority of states that did not ratify the equal rights amendment were located where?
The majority of states that did not ratify the Equal Rights Amendment were located in the Midwest.
Which amendment states that all powers and rights not specifically given to the government are reserved for the people?
Tenth Amendment .....amendment that states rights not specifically given to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people
What amendment makes the Bill of Rights applicable to the States?
The Fourteenth Amendment has been used to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states, most frequently via the Due Process Clause, although the Equal Protection Clause has also been used. An earlier Supreme Court decision prevented the Bill of Rights from being applied to the states via the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
Why is the Fourteenth Amendment called the second Bill of Rights?
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. Therefore, the original Bill of Rights became their Bill of Rights, too.
Which amendment has allowed the supreme court to start forcing states to follow parts of the bill of rights?
The US Supreme Court has applied most of the first eight amendments in the Bill of Rights to the States through the doctrine of "selective incorporation" primarily via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause.
