Question

After the Slaughterhouse Cases changed the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment, how did the Supreme Court apply it?

Responses

The Supreme Court declared some rights to be opposed to the concept of "ordered liberty."

The Supreme Court declared some rights to be opposed to the concept of "ordered liberty."

The Supreme Court declared that the Slaughterhouse Cases were irrelevant and continued as if they had never existed.

The Supreme Court declared that the Slaughterhouse Cases were irrelevant and continued as if they had never existed.

The Supreme Court used the due process clause.

The Supreme Court used the due process clause.

The Supreme Court used the equal protection clause.

Answer 1

The Supreme Court used the due process clause.

Explanation: After the Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) gutted the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Court turned to the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause (and later the “ordered liberty”/selective incorporation doctrine) to apply protections against state actions and to incorporate certain Bill of Rights guarantees.