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>The court had, however, previously ruled that most protections under the Bill of Rights apply to the states >...the Indiana Supreme Court ruled against Mr. Ti
by TomMckenny 8y ago
>The court had, however, previously ruled that most protections under the Bill of Rights apply to the states
>...the Indiana Supreme Court ruled against Mr. Timbs, saying that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of excessive fines did not apply to ones imposed by states.
Does anyone know which rights people assume they have but don't because the protection only applies on the federal level?
- tarjm 8y agoThe 3rd (quartering of soldiers) and 7th (jury trial for civil cases) Amendments have not been incorporated at all, as well as parts of the 5th (Grand Jury indictment) and 6th (jury from the location of the crime). https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/incorporation_doctrine https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/incorporation_doctrine
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoIt's probably a good thing that the 6th isn't incorporated since in low profile cases the prosecution does the trial locally and in high profile cases they taint the jury pool by repeating their side of the story day after day in the media.
- acheron 8y agoThe 3rd was incorporated against the State of New York by the Second Circuit court of appeals, it just has never reached the Supreme Court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engblom_v._Carey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engblom_v._Carey