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20. Originally, were the individual states bound to the Bill of Rights?

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no

The Supreme Court noted that the Bill of Rights was clearly intended to limit only the federal government

Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights, because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal government.

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