The Fourteenth Amendment created an immediate understanding that the protections in the Bill of Rights applied to both state governments and the federal government.

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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, did not immediately apply the Bill of Rights to the states. It was through later judicial interpretation, particularly the doctrine of incorporation, that the Supreme Court gradually applied most of the Bill of Rights to the states.

The Fourteenth Amendment Created an Immediate Understanding That the Protections