The First Amendment was for the first time applied to the states in the landmark 1925 case of
A)Marbury v.Madison.
B)Gitlow v.New York.
C)Texas v.Johnson.

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The landmark 1925 case that first applied the First Amendment to the states was Gitlow v. New York. This case established the "incorporation doctrine" which holds that the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Marbury v. Madison was a 1803 case that established the principle of judicial review, and Texas v. Johnson was a 1989 case that ruled flag burning was a protected form of free speech under the First Amendment.

The First Amendment Was for the First Time Applied to the States