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The court based its actions on the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The supreme court graduall began using the due process clause to say that states could not abridge a right that the national government could not abridge.
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The court ruled that the freedom of the press offered by the natial 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 the First Amendment had to be provided by all states
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The Supreme Court broadened its interpretations to limit state action in most areas in which national government action is limited.
