Trump and his supporters clearly believe migrants have no constitutional rights. But that’s simply not true. They have the same rights as citizens for one truly obvious reason: a government c…
That clause is basically what incorporates the bill of rights to apply against the states. Before that Amendment, the BoR just applied against the federal government. To this day there hasn’t been official recognition by the judiciary to apply the some of the BoR against the states (3rd Amendment, the dollar requirement from the 7th, and the like).
That clause is basically what incorporates the bill of rights to apply against the states. Before that Amendment, the BoR just applied against the federal government. To this day there hasn’t been official recognition by the judiciary to apply the some of the BoR against the states (3rd Amendment, the dollar requirement from the 7th, and the like).