Correct. Congress didn't. States did. Hence the 14th. Due process clause.
I guess we are crawling into the weeds tonight.
The Incorporation Doctrine does not exist in the 14th Amendment. It is a Judicial Philosophy rooted in the Slaughterhouse cases of 1873.
Judicial overreach and legislating from the bench did not start in the 20th Century. It started in the 18th Century and has been growing ever since.
The Constitution does not apply to the states. It limits the power of Federal Government, not the states. The States have their own Constitutions to limit their power. Look to those constitutions to reign in you state government.
If your state judges ignore that constitution. Do something about that. Elect someone different or have them removed.