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Unit 3 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Topic 3.7
What explains the persistence of using the Fourteenth Amendment for selectively incorporating provisions of the Bill of Rights?
Because all other Amendments have been fully incorporated already.
The Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause allows for legal interpretation and flexibility in extending specific federal guarantees to state level.
Because states have agreed to only accept those aspects that are selectively incorporated under this amendment.
Because it is easier than passing new Amendments.
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AP US Government - 3.7 Selective Incorporation & the 14th Amendment
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