The problem with the due "Process Clause" is it injects a false
   distinction
   with respect to 'types' of rights. See the first two sentences of the
   DoI
   for a clarification of the only operable definition of 'right'
   acceptable in
   the American Democratic Experiment.
   I'm going to have to admit that I've pretty much lost the thread of the
   argument here- I'm just trying to point out that under the
   incorperation
   doctrine, the 14th amendment has been used to expand the bill of rights
   to
   apply to the states. No, the constitution doesn't explicitly state
   this. But
   the supreme court says that it is part of the constitution, which
   pretty much
   makes it so (yes, there are some important legal distinctions between
   court
   opinions and the Constitution itself, but for the most part, they
   function as
   the same thing, with the opinions footnoting the Constitution).
   Ender