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Amendment 5th provision- Eminent Domain Determined the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment had required states to provide compensation for seizing private property. -
Amendment 1 provision- Freedom of Speech A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had extended the First Amendment's provisions. -
Amendment 1 provision- Freedom of the Press (Prior Restraint) A landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment. -
Amendment 1 provision- Freedom of Assembly A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause applies freedom of assembly against the states. -
Amendment 1 provision- Free Exercise of Religion The first case in which the Supreme Court applied First Amendment freedom of religion rights to the states via the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Amendment 1 provision- Government establishment of Religion A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court applied the Establishment Clause in the country's Bill of Rights to state law. -
Amendment 6th provision- Public Trial A decision by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of the right of due process in state court proceedings. -
Amendment 4th provision- Exclusionary Rule The Court ruled that the exclusionary rule, which prevents prosecutors from using evidence in court that was obtained. -
Amendment 8th provision- Cruel and Unusual Punishment To prohibit criminalization of particular acts or conduct, as contrasted with prohibiting the use of a particular form of punishment for a crime. -
Amendment 6th provision- Right to Counsel in felony cases The Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own. -
Amendment 1 provision- Freedom to Petition That the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution forbade state government officials to force a crowd to disperse when they are otherwise legally marching in front of a state house. -
Amendment 4th provision- Protection against unreasonable search and seizure (warrants) Incorporated the Fourth Amendment's protections against illegal search and seizure. The case was decided on June 10, 1963, by a vote of 5–4. -
Amendment 5th provision- Protection against self-incrimination Privilege not to be compelled to be witnesses against themselves was applicable within state courts as well as federal courts, overruling the decision in Twining v. New Jersey. -
Amendment 6th provision- Right to Confront Witnesses A decision by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of the right to confront accusers in state court proceedings. -
Amendment 5th provision- Right to be informed of rights upon arrest A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors from using a person's. -
Amendment 6th provsion- Right to a Speedy Trial A decision by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of the Speedy Trial Clause of the United States Constitution -
Amendment 6th provision- Right to a compulsory process to obtain witnesses for defense (subpoenas) A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided that the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution is applicable in state courts as well as federal courts. -
Amendment 6th provision-Right to Trial by jury in criminal cases A significant United States Supreme Court decision incorporated the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial and applied it to the states. -
Amendment 5th provision-Protection Against Double Jeopardy A Supreme Court of the United States decision concerning double jeopardy. -
Amendment 8th provision-Protection against excessive bail Charged with two traffic offenses, secured pretrial release after depositing 10% of the bail fixed. -
Amendment 6th provision-Right to be informed of nature of accusations A decision by the United States Supreme Court involving the application of obscenity laws and criminal procedure to the states. -
Amendment 6th provision-Right to counsel for imprisonable misdemeanors Supreme Court decision holding that the accused cannot be subjected to actual imprisonment unless provided with counsel. -
Amendment 2nd provision-Right to keep and bear arms A landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States found the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms". -
Amendment 8th provision-Protection against excessive fines The Court dealt with the applicability of the excessive fines clause of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment to state and local governments in the context of asset forfeiture.
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