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Supreme court began to apply the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states
The court based its actions on the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Supreme Court Not Abridge the National Government
The supreme court graduall began using the due process clause to say that states could not abridge a right that the national government could not abridge. -
the Freedom of the Press offered by the National Bill of Rights are offered by every state
The court ruled that the freedom of the press offered by the natial Bill of Rights had to be offered by every state as well -
Freedom of religion provided for the First amendment had to be provided for all States
The Supreme Court ruled that freedom of religion provided for the First Amendment had to be provided by all states -
Limit to state actions in which national government is limited
The Supreme Court broadened its interpretations to limit state action in most areas in which national government action is limited.
