Under Supreme Court rulings,the protections granted in the Bill of Rights are applied to the States by the ________ Amendment.

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The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868 and includes the "Due Process Clause" and the "Equal Protection Clause," which have been interpreted by the Supreme Court to incorporate various protections in the Bill of Rights and apply them to the states. This is known as "selective incorporation." The Tenth Amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states and the people, while the Eleventh Amendment addresses state sovereign immunity and the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery.

Under Supreme Court Rulings,the Protections Granted in the Bill of Rights