How has the Supreme Court influenced the process of incorporating the Bill of Rights?

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Helmi · Answer 1 · 2017-05-13T03:07:39+0000

Prior to the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment and the development of the incorporation doctrine, the Supreme Court in 1833 held in Barron v. Baltimore that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal, but not any state governments.

How has the Supreme Court influenced the process of incorporating the Bill of Rights?

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