For anyone who wants to read/learn more - the concept here is called "incorporation" - as in, the specified right is "incorporated against the states" The 14th

For anyone who wants to read/learn more - the concept here is called "incorporation" - as in, the specified right is "incorporated against the states" The 14th amendment made this possible, but until the supreme court actually rules on a given right, there's no case law to compel states to treat the right that way. Another relatively recent example of this is McDonald v Chicago that incorporated the 2nd amendment against the states.