What is incorporation?
Q: What is incorporation?
A: Incorporation is the process by which American courts have applied portions of the U.S. Bill of Rights to the states through the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Q: When did it become clear that most provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to state and local governments?
A: It became clear that most provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to state and local governments after 1925, when incorporation doctrine was established.
Q: What did Barron v. Baltimore (1833) determine?
A: Barron v. Baltimore determined that before 1925, the Bill of Rights was held only to apply to the federal government and not to states.
Q: How did United States v Cruikshank (1876) interpret the Fourteenth Amendment?
A: United States v Cruikshank interpreted that First and Second Amendments did not apply to state governments under the Fourteenth Amendment prior to 1925.
Q: What began in 1920s regarding application of Bill of Rights?
A: In 1920s a series Supreme Court decisions began interpreting Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating most portions of Bill or Rights, making them enforceable against state governments for first time.
Q: What is selective incorporation? A: Selective incorporation is process by which certain provisions from US Bill or Rights are made applicable against state governments through interpretation if Fourteenth Amendment due process clause.
