The process by which court decisions have required the states to follow parts if the bill of rights based on the use or application of the fourteenth amendment is called

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Emilee Morris

28 October, 15:35

The process by which court decisions have required the states to follow parts if the bill of rights based on the use or application of the fourteenth amendment is called

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selective incorporation

This is a judicial doctrine whereby most but not all of the protections found in the Bill of Rights are made applicable to the states via the 14th amendment. The incorporation has led to the application of the Bill of Rights to the states through the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.