In the cases of Barron v.Baltimore (1833), The Slaughter House Cases (1873), and Palko v.Connecticut (1937), the Supreme Court basically

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In these cases, the Supreme Court generally rejected the application of the Bill of Rights to the states, maintaining a distinction between federal and state powers. Specifically, in Barron v. Baltimore, the Court held that the Bill of Rights did not apply to state governments. The Slaughterhouse Cases and Palko v. Connecticut further limited the application of the Bill of Rights to the states, with Palko establishing a selective incorporation approach under the Fourteenth Amendment, but still within a context that did not broadly apply all federal rights to the states.

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