The First Amendment's guarantees of free speech and free press were made binding on the states in the case of:
A)Gitlow v.New York.
B)Abrams v.U.S. .
C)Near v.Minnesota.
D)Whitney v.California.
E)New York Times v.Sullivan.

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In Gitlow v. New York (1925), the US Supreme Court held that the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech and free press applied to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision marked the beginning of the incorporation of certain provisions of the Bill of Rights into the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which has been a major force in extending civil liberties protections to the states.

The First Amendment's Guarantees of Free Speech and Free Press