Question

How did the Fourteenth Amendment change the way the Supreme Court decided if the protections under the Bill of Rights applied to state laws?(1 point)
Responses

The Supreme Court decided that all protections under the Bill of Rights were only protected under federal law.
The Supreme Court decided that all protections under the Bill of Rights were only protected under federal law.

The Fourteenth Amendment said that all states must provide free speech and free press.
The Fourteenth Amendment said that all states must provide free speech and free press.

The Fourteenth Amendment required that all state laws match the protections of federal law so state laws had to provide all of the same protections.
The Fourteenth Amendment required that all state laws match the protections of federal law so state laws had to provide all of the same protections.

The Fourteenth Amendment requires equal protection for all citizens so the Supreme Court began to apply that requirement to protect the individual rights in state law cases.

Answer 1

The Fourth option. The Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection clauses allowed the Supreme Court to apply (incorporate) Bill of Rights protections against the states, so the Court began using the Fourteenth Amendment to protect individual rights in state cases.