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Quotation from Barron v. Baltimore by Supreme Court of the United States
“These amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the State governments. This court cannot so apply them.”
Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The Court declines to extend the Bill of Rights beyond the government the amendments name.
Citation: "These amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the State governments. This court cannot so apply them." — Supreme Court of the United States, Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id barron-v-baltimore-q5)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
