Question

palko v. connecticut and due process
in the case, the supreme court ruled that due process:
○ was not as fundamental a right as equal protection.
○ could not be incorporated by the fourteenth amendment.
○ allowed the fifth amendment to be applied to state laws.
○ should apply to reversing frank palkas conviction.

Explanation:

In the case of Palko v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not incorporate all of the Bill of Rights (including the Fifth Amendment's protection against double jeopardy, which was at issue here) to the states. So the correct option is the one stating that due process could not be incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment for the rights at issue in this case. The other options are incorrect: due process and equal protection are both fundamental, the Fifth Amendment's application to states (incorporation) was not allowed here, and the Court did not reverse Palko's conviction.

Answer:

B. could not be incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment.