Judge Neil Gorsuch testifies March 21, 2017, before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia at the U.S. Supreme Court. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
"Here we are in 2018 still litigating incorporation of the Bill of Rights. Really?" Justice Neil Gorsuch said at one point during Wednesday's oral argument in a closely watched civil forfeiture case.
November 28, 2018 at 03:23 PM
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Many Americans are surprised to learn that not all of the provisions of the Bill of Rights are applied against states, as they are to the federal government.
It took the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, and hard work that is still underway, to apply or “incorporate” the Bill of Rights, one by one, to the states.
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