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Old Mon Oct 02, 2006, 07:25am
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The Bill of Rights applies to the federal government by the express language found throughout the bill of rights.

Certain (most) rights found in the Bill of Rights applies to "state actors" through the incorporation doctrine...the basis of which is the fourteenth amendment.

The Bill of Rights applies to individuals in that it gives individuals certain rights in their relationship with government(s).
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