If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government—the 14th … - Ilana Mercer

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If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government—the 14th Amendment effectively defeated that purpose by placing the power to enforce the Bill of Rights in federal hands, where it was never intended to be. Put differently, matters previously subject to state jurisdiction have been pulled into the orbit of the judiciary.