The Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights does not apply to the states because the Federal government does not have jurisdiction.
“[the Constitution was created] by the people of the United States…not for the government of the individual states.” –Decision written by Chief Justice John Marshall, 1833.
This was the law of the land until the 14th Amendment which was ratified after the Civil War in 1866.
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