The Supreme Court used the Due Process Clause
No. The US Supreme Court used the doctrine of "Selective Incorporation" to apply the Bill of Rights to the States on a clause-by-clause basis, as they became relevant to cases before the Court.
The Commerce Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) delegates to Congress the power.
The US Supreme Court has used the Fourteenth Amendment, under the Due Process Clause and Equal Protect Clause, to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states.For more information on selective incorporation, see Related Questions, below.
No, the Bill of Rights is the first ten (really eight) Amendments to the US Constitution that enumerate the rights and protections people can expect from the federal - and in many cases, state - government. The Supremacy Clause is in Article VI of the Constitution, and declares the Federal Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land to which all other federal and state laws and treaties must adhere. The supremacy clause doesn't have anything to do with our rights, nor does it declare the United States or its residents to be supreme (or superior) to others. Unfortunately, we often believe we are, anyway.
"However, beginning in the early 20th century, the Supreme Court has used the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply most of the Bill of Rights to the states through the process and doctrine of selective incorporation." WORKS CITED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_v._Baltimore
As early as 1868 Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, a leading Radical during the reconstruction, made many decisions with the Supreme Court that weakened African Americans' civil rights. He continued to segregate them and deny them rights as voters.
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.
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.
Using the process of "selective incorporation," the US Supreme Court has applied most of the Bill of Rights to the States via the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. The Second and Seventh Amendment have not yet been incorporated.
voting rights
To expand the rights of minorities and women but also to limit programs that did not provide equal protection for the majority
The due process clause is significant in the legal framework of abortion rights because it ensures that individuals have the right to make personal decisions about their own bodies without government interference. This clause protects the privacy and autonomy of individuals in making choices about abortion, as established in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.