Beginning in the 1920s, a long series of Supreme Court decisions brought about the ______________ of almost all of the protections of the Bill of Rights by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: incorporation
Explanation:
Prior to the ratification of the 14th amendment the supreme court stated that the bill of rights applied only to the federal governments (both in 1833 and 1876). At the beginning of the 1920s various 14th amendment interpretations incorporated most of theprotections of the bill of rights by the Due Process
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