The Supreme Court did not interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating the Bill of Rights until:

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The Supreme Court did not interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating the Bill of Rights until the 1960s with the case of Duncan v. Louisiana in 1968, which incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury in criminal cases. Prior to this, the Supreme Court had applied the Bill of Rights only to the federal government, not to the states, which meant that states were free to disregard many fundamental rights.

The Supreme Court Did Not Interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as Incorporating