The Supreme Court has interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to mean that most of the protections in the Bill of Rights apply to the states.

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This is known as the doctrine of "incorporation," where the Supreme Court has held that most of the protections in the Bill of Rights are incorporated into the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and therefore apply to the states.

The Supreme Court Has Interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to Mean