What is one reason that Justice John Marshall could not apply the Bill of Rights to states prior to the Civil War?
A) The country would have had to address the issue of slavery.
B) The Supreme Court needed the support of the states to maintain its legitimacy.
C) The country would have had to address the issue of the expansion of the nation by assuming that new territories were, in fact, to be treated as states.
D) Communication difficulties made it hard for Supreme Court rulings to be known outside of the Washington area.
E) The country would have had to address the issue of women's suffrage.
A
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