Question

The supreme court established the incorporation doctrine when the courta.interpreted the fourteenth amendment as extending most of the requirements of the bill of rights to the states as well as the federal government

b.interpreted the ninth amendment as requiring national health and worker-safety standards to protect the individual's implied right of personal safety
c.stripped the armed forces of their discretionary powers regarding military service for gay men, lesbians, and married people
d.strengthened local police forces by granting them the power to investigate and prosecute federal offenses
e.granted the federal government the power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional

Answer 1

The correct answer is a.interpreted the fourteenth amendment as extending most of the requirements of the bill of rights to the states as well as the federal government

Basically, the bill of rights only protected people from federal prosecution and federal infringement which made a giant loophole for the states to exploit. The incorporation idea made it so that the bill of rights also applies in dealings with the states individually. It was only in the 1920s that incorporation fully began in the United States.