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The United States Supreme court begain to apply the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the Stats. The court based its actions on the due process clause.
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The Supreme Court gradually began using the due process clause to say the states could not abridge a right that the national government could not abrdige.
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Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that the freedom of the press offered by the national Bill of Rights had to be offered by every state as well.
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The Supreme Court ruled that freedom of religion provided for in the First Amendment had to be provided in all states.
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the Supreme Court broadened its interpretation to limit states action in most areas in which national government action is limited.
