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The Second Amendment's right to bear arms has been incorporated against the states via the Fourteenth Amendment as decided in McDonald v. City of Chicago.

The Sixth Amendment's right to a fair trial, including a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and the right to counsel, has been incorporated to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, First Amendment rights such as freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition are applicable to states.

The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures was incorporated to apply to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, particularly through Mapp v. Ohio.

The Fourteenth Amendment incorporates several key provisions of the Fifth Amendment against the states, such as protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and the requirement for a grand jury indictment in serious offenses.

The Seventh Amendment's right to a jury trial in civil cases has been only partially incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment and does not fully apply to the states.

The Tenth Amendment's principle that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or the people, does not require incorporation as it inherently affirms state sovereignty.

The Fourteenth Amendment itself serves as the vehicle for the incorporation of most Bill of Rights protections against the states, ensuring equal protection, due process, and the privileges or immunities of citizenship.

The Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment has been incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, influencing state penal practices and death penalty laws.