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incorporation

incorporación

applying the Bill of Rights to state governments, not just the federal government, through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Example

In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court required states to give poor defendants a free lawyer.

In Spanish

incorporación — aplicar la Carta de Derechos a los gobiernos estatales, y no solo al federal, por medio de la Decimocuarta Enmienda.

En Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), la Corte Suprema obligó a los estados a darles un abogado gratis a los acusados pobres.

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