<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>
what is the result of the supreme courts use of the process of incorporation
what is the result of the supreme courts use of the process of incorporation
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
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