[Jim Verdolini]

"RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:"

I think you misread this. This incorporated the Bill of Rights into the federal constitution, BUT, did not incorporate the BOR's into state law or prempt state constitutions on the issue...the intent of the 14th amendment was to do that.

[Dead Corpse]

to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:"

Re-read the FedCon's Art 6 Para 2. Then re-read Amend 2. the 14th re-iterated what so many States were ignoring due to the slavery issue.

[Congressman Billybob]

You have that right.

ALL amendments, once ratified, become part of the Constitution as if written there in the beginning. The "Incorporation Doctrine," on the other hand, was invented in the 20th century by Justices who used the 14th Amendment to apply to the states parts of the Bill of Rights which, on their faces applied only to "Congress."

John / Billybob