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Q: Why did the supreme court held that the fourth amendment did not apply to wiretaps?
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The women's suffrage movement wanted a constitutional amendment because?

The Supreme Court ruled against efforts to apply the Fourteenth Amendment to women


Which legal case saw the Supreme Court apply the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause?

The 15th amendment


After the slaughterhouse can you change the intent of the 14th amendment how did the Supreme Court apply it?

It used the due process clause.


How did the supreme court apply the intent of the fourteenth amendment after the slaughterhouse cases changed it?

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Does the fourth amendment apply to some or all electronic communications?

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Can a US Supreme Court decision be binding on an Indiana state court?

Yes, US Supreme Court decisions are binding on bothfederal and state courts except in cases where the ruling involves an amendment or clause of an amendment not incorporated (legally applied) to the states. For example, decisions regarding the Third Amendment currently only apply to states in the Second Circuit; decisions regarding the Seventh Amendment, Grand Jury indictments, and excessive bail or fines currently apply only to the federal government.


What part of the Constitution provides the foundation for the incorporation doctrine that applies the Bill of Rights to the states?

The foundation of the incorporation doctrine is the Fourteenth Amendment. The US Supreme Court has used the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause to apply individual clauses of the Bill of Rights to the States.


What amendment has the Incorporation Clause?

None of the Amendments to the US Constitution refer to incorporation directly; however, the US Supreme Court has interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses to apply the Bill of Rights to the States (incorporation). For more information, see Related Questions, below.


Which amendment to the Constitution did the Supreme Court use as the device to apply the First Ten Amendments to the individual states?

The US Supreme Court has used the Fourteenth AmendmentDue Process and Equal Protection Clauses to apply significant portions of the Bill of Rights to the States; however, some parts of the first ten amendments remain unincorporated.


Does the First Amendment apply to the States?

The First Amendment does not directly apply to the states; however, the courts have ruled that the states are obligated to submit to the First Amendment because of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.


How did the Supreme Court's actions in US v Cruikshank impact Reconstruction efforts?

The Court ruled in favor of whites who had been convicted of violating the Fourteenth Amendment in the Colfax massacre, stating that because of the individuals were acting independently and not as agents of the state, the Fourteenth Amendment protections did not apply


Did the Third Amendment reach the US Supreme Court?

No, not yet. The Third Amendment remains unincorporated (does not apply to the states), except in the Second Circuit due to the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case Engblom v. Carey, 677 F.2d 957 (2d.c. 1982).The US Supreme Court has not granted certiorari on a Third Amendment case to date.For more information, see Related Questions, below.