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What doctrine adopted by the supreme court allowed application of the bill of rights to the states?
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∙ 14y ago
The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause has been used to apply the Bill of Rights (the first ten Amendments to the Constitution) to the States, under the doctrine of "selective incorporation."
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∙ 11y agoThe incorporation doctrine has applied most of the Bill of Rights protections to the states. Prior to 1890, the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government. This changed due to the incorporation doctrine.
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