Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling important in Gitlow v. New York with respect to due process?

Gitlow v. New York was important because the Supreme Court applied the First Amendment’s free-speech protection to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. This helped establish the doctrine of incorporation, by which rights in the Bill of Rights are applied to state governments. The ruling was about how constitutional rights applied, not whether Gitlow was guilty or innocent.

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