What is the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment?

A) It extends constitutional protections to state-level criminal justice.
B) It creates exceptions to the protections provided in the Bill of Rights.
C) It places the need to ensure public safety above the need to protect individual rights.
D) It requires police to advise suspects of their rights using the Miranda warnings.


A) It extends constitutional protections to state-level criminal justice.

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