<P> 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 . Even years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment , the Supreme Court in United States v. Cruikshank ( 1876 ) still held that the First and Second Amendment did not apply to state governments . However , beginning in the 1920s , a series of United States Supreme Court decisions interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to `` incorporate '' most portions of the Bill of Rights , making these portions , for the first time , enforceable against the state governments . </P>
<P> 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 . Even years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment , the Supreme Court in United States v. Cruikshank ( 1876 ) still held that the First and Second Amendment did not apply to state governments . However , beginning in the 1920s , a series of United States Supreme Court decisions interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to `` incorporate '' most portions of the Bill of Rights , making these portions , for the first time , enforceable against the state governments . </P>
which amendment extends the bill of rights to state laws and actions
which amendment extends the bill of rights to state laws and actions
Fourteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment