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What part of the Constitution provides the foundation for the incorporation doctrine that applies the Bill of Rights to the states?
The foundation of the incorporation doctrine is the Fourteenth Amendment. The US Supreme Court has used the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause to apply individual clauses of the Bill of Rights to the States.
List and describe the changes made by the Supreme Court in 1979 towards the constitution in order to make it gender-neutral?
In 1979, the Supreme Court adopted the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. This clause made the amendment more gender-neutral. The Supreme Court pushed for gender-appropriate language to be adopted
How did the Supreme Court interpret the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from the 1950s through the 2010s?
To expand the rights of minorities and women but also to limit programs that did not provide equal protection for the majority
Which part of the Fourteenth Amendment declares that states cannot pass laws infringing on citizens' rights?
the equal protection clause
What clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was the vehicle for incorporation of rights against the states?
The Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses have both been used, but the Due Process Clause is the one most often associated with incorporation.Please note: Under the doctrine of selective incorporation, only the First, Second, Fourth and Sixth Amendments have been fully incorporated; the Fifth Amendment is mostly incorporated; The Third and Eighth Amendments are partially incorporated; the Seventh Amendment is unincorporated. The Ninth and Tenth Amendments, while considered part of the Bill of Rights, are not amenable to the process.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
