In the case of ________,the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government,not states and cities.

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In Barron v. Baltimore (1833), the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government, not to state governments or local governments. This decision was later overruled by the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. However, at the time of the Barron decision, the Bill of Rights was not seen as applying to state or local governments.

In the Case of ________,The Supreme Court Ruled That the Bill