Question

After Frank Palko was sentenced to death by the state of Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that

Answer 1

His conviction and execution should be upheld.

Answer 2

The answer is: Protection against double risk is not a fundamental right and, therefore, is outside the constitutional protection.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Supreme Court confirmed Palko's second conviction. In its majority opinion, Cardozo formulated principles that were to direct the actions of the Court during the next three decades. He pointed out that some guarantees of the Bill of Rights, such as freedom of thought and expression, are fundamental, and that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment absorbed these fundamental rights and applied them to the states. Protection against double danger was not a fundamental right. Palko died in the Connecticut electric chair on April 12, 1938.

The answer is: Protection against double risk is not a fundamental right and, therefore, is outside the constitutional protection.