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incorporation
State and local governments are required to comply with most provisions in the Bill of Rights due to the incorporation doctrine. This doctrine, established through Supreme Court cases, holds that the protections outlined in the Bill of Rights also apply to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Therefore, state and local governments cannot violate citizens' fundamental rights protected by the Bill of Rights.
Incorporation
The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is used by the courts to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
Incorporation
Incorporation
The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is used by the courts to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
The due process clause
Because that right to due process is in the bill of rights. The bill of rights is an amendment to the constitution that is the supreme law of the United States.
incorporation
The formal amendment process, to the Constitution, requires a supermajority vote in the Senate, and consent (agreement) by three fourths of the states. This process involves most of the U.S., and is, therefore, a federal process. No state, acting alone can change or amend the Constitution (and, therefore, 'states rights' do not apply here).
the incorporation of due process rights in the Bill of Rights so as to make them apply to the states