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

In Gitlow v. New York, the Supreme Court held that freedom of speech is protected from state government restrictions through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. This was important because it applied a right in the Bill of Rights to the states, a process called incorporation. The Court upheld Gitlow’s conviction, so the ruling was not based on believing he was innocent.

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