Michael Haddam

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American History Hit · Origins of the First Amendment · 22 Jan 2026 podcast

It made it so that basically, not just that you couldn't receive petitions, but really that you couldn't even talk about slavery in the Congress, right?

And that went on for, you know, for a decade or more.

And even John Calhoun tried to get a similar gag rule passed in the Senate, but he failed.

But that gag rule really stifled debate over slavery for many years.

That's right.

Probably because they don't apply to the states.

Right.

The way that they come to apply to the states is actually a process that historians refer to as incorporation.

And that's really a result of the Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments.

It's because the Reconstruction Amendment, specifically the 14th Amendment and the Due Process Clause, where that says, you know, no state can make or enforce any law that abridges the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

Yeah.

Right?

So it's saying no state shall abridge these privileges.

And what privileges are those?

Those are the privileges in the Bill of Rights.

Mm-hmm.

So the 14th Amendment is actually what makes the first 10 amendments apply directly to the states.

That's incredible.

But it's important to note it doesn't happen immediately.

It's like what you said earlier.

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