The precedent established by Barron v.Baltimore was long-lived,even after passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The precedent established in Barron v. Baltimore was that the Bill of Rights' protections did not apply to state governments, only to the federal government. This precedent continued even after the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, which aimed to extend federal protections to the states. It was not until the 20th century that the Supreme Court began to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as providing such protections.

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