Beginning in 1897, the Supreme Court slowly began to use the protection of "life, liberty, or property" in the Fourteenth Amendment's __________ clause to incorporate some of the provisions of the Bill of Rights as binding on the states.

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The Supreme Court used the "due process" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to the states, a process known as incorporation. This clause guarantees that states cannot deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law.

Beginning in 1897, the Supreme Court Slowly Began to Use