Really it applies to them all but it depends which right you are refereeing to
Really it applies to them all but it depends which right you are refereeing to
While it is generally believed to apply to all levels of government, in actuality, the Supreme Court has never determined if the Bill of Rights applies to all states, as well as the federal government. The powers of the Bill of Rights were expanded to support the Fourteenth Amendment's wording that no state could withhold the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights.
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.
Really it applies to them all but it depends which right you are refereeing to
limit the power of the government
While it is generally believed to apply to all levels of government, in actuality, the Supreme Court has never determined if the Bill of Rights applies to all states, as well as the federal government. The powers of the Bill of Rights were expanded to support the Fourteenth Amendment's wording that no state could withhold the rights outlined in the Bill of Rights.
It does not say what the government CAN do- it says what people have a right to do, and what the government CANNOT do.
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the english bill of rights didnt have the right to bare arms but our bill of rights did thats how the english bill of rights inluenced our government.
Incorporation
Incorporation
incorporation