The whole Bill of Rights applies to the states and always has, despite the
> refusal of the most reactionary branch of government to enforce it.
>
Despite the fact that immediately after its adaption, and for years thereafter, states continued to govern as if it did not, with nobody taking issue?
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."