Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
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title:
Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
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In United States constitutional law, incorporation is the doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to the states. When the Bill of Rights was ratified, the courts held that its protections extended only to the actions of the federal government and that the Bill of Rights did not place limitations on the authority of the state and local governments. However, the post–Civil War era, beginning in 1865 with the Thirteenth Amendment, which declared the abolition of s
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Application of the U.S. Bill of Rights to states and their local governments
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights
date created:
2004-12-20T10:14:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:36:55Z
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