To: JackIV
The 14th Amendment made the Bill of Rights applicable to all of the states. The gradual judicial incorporation has been partial and selective.
157 posted on
09/20/2002 11:05:03 AM PDT by
Roscoe
To: Roscoe
That is what the 14th Amendment was supposed to have done.
But the issue is still up in the air regarding the 14th's effect on the 2nd Amendment.
And please read the 2 Supreme Court decisions on the 6th Amendment right to "trial by jury". In these cases the USSC ruled that the 14th Amendment does NOT compel the states to apply the 6th Amendment -- only in "serious" cases.
To read these cases, use: www.FindLaw.com
then click on U.S. Supremme Court, then do a search (by case name or case number).
162 posted on
09/20/2002 11:09:54 AM PDT by
JackIV
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