Twining v. New Jersey
Case Date: 05/19/2024
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Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U.S. 78 (1908), presented an early standard of the Supreme Court's Incorporation Doctrine by establishing that while certain rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights might apply to the states under the 14th amendment's due process clause, the Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination is not so incorporated. The court overturned this decision in Malloy v. Hogan in 1964 by incorporating the right against self-incrimination.
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