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29 Nov 2010,1931

  • 1920s

    1920s

    The U.S. Supreme Court began to apply the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states.
  • 1925

    1925

    The Supreme Court gradually began using the due process clause to say that states could not abridge a right that the national government could not abridge.
  • 1934

    1934

    In a 1934 case, the Supreme Court ruled that freedom of religion provided for in the First Amendment had to be provided by all states.
  • 1960s

    1960s

    During the 1960s, the Supreme Court broadened its interpretations to limit state action in most areas in which national government action is limited.
  • 1931

    1931

    In a 1931 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that the freedom of the press offered by the national Bill of Rightshad to be offered by every state as well.

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