No. The best response is that the Constitution says Congress shall make no law...” States do retain the right to regulate speech (subject to their constitutions), invented interpretations of the 14th notwithstanding.
Incorporation isn’t invented. It was intended. States could not stop people from exercising Federally guaranteed rights.
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“No. The best response is that the Constitution says Congress shall make no law...” States do retain the right to regulate speech (subject to their constitutions), invented interpretations of the 14th notwithstanding.”