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Unit 2A Test

Question 6 • 670401 American Studies S1 – MYERS, JOSHUA A

One way the Fourteenth Amendment shows that the Constitution is superior to state law is

Answer
A
states do not have to follow the Bill of Rights.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
C
the due process law cannot be used to incorporate the Bill of Rights.
D
the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be incorporated as needed.

Explanation

The Fourteenth Amendment limits what state governments may do, and courts have used its Due Process Clause to apply many protections in the Bill of Rights to the states. This process is called incorporation. It shows that state laws must respect constitutional rights, so the Constitution takes precedence when state law conflicts with those rights. The correct choice is “the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.”

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