Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0628 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Selective Incorporation Through the Fourteenth
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The idea
Originally the Bill of Rights bound only the national government. Since the Civil War, through the Fourteenth Amendment and a series of Supreme Court decisions, most of its protections have been extended to state action by selective incorporation, still under way.
In practice
The Fourteenth's due process clause as the vehicle.
Where people slip
Grand juries, the anchor notes, are one guarantee never incorporated.
Your place on the trail
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