the process of applying the Bill of Rights to state governments as well as the federal government
the incorporation of due process rights in the Bill of Rights so as to make them apply to the states
Naturalization! actually the answer to the question is incorporation
Yes, the incorporation controversy regarding the application of the Bill of Rights to the states typically involves four main approaches: the total incorporation approach, which argues that all provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to the states; the selective incorporation approach, which asserts that only certain rights are applicable through the Fourteenth Amendment; the fundamental rights approach, which focuses on rights essential to the notion of liberty; and the "no incorporation" approach, which holds that the Bill of Rights applies solely to the federal government. Each approach reflects differing interpretations of the Constitution and the intentions of the framers.
Total Incorporation or full incorporation
The incorporation controversy s a debate occurred with the incorporation doctrine. The incorporation doctrine makes select provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to the state and local governments.
Selective incorporation
most protections of the bill of rights applied to state governments
The no incorporation justices argued that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government, not the states. The plus incorporation justices used the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to extend the Bill of Rights to the states, incorporating them through a process of selective or total incorporation.
selective incorporation
The Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution is for everybody, not just criminals.You may be inquiring about the Incorporation doctrine.
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