why did the supreme court expand the incorporation of the bill of rights
What is Meant by Selective Incorporation? Roll of the 14th Amendment. One early Supreme Court case, Barron v. Baltimore, in 1833, ruled that the Bill of Rights only applies to the national government. As such, to prevent states from limiting the rights granted in the constitution, a new law was needed. In 1868, Congress passed the 14th amendment to the constitution.