The judicial extension of the Fourth Amendment and other protections of the Bill of Rights to limit the actions of the state and local governments is referred to as the doctrine of ___________.

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The doctrine of incorporation is the judicial extension of the Fourth Amendment and other protections of the Bill of Rights to limit the actions of state and local governments. Res judicata refers to the rule that a final judgment on the merits by a court having jurisdiction is conclusive as to the rights of the parties and their privies and, as to them, constitutes an absolute bar to a subsequent action involving the same claim, demand, or cause of action. Extension and absorption do not relate to the incorporation of constitutional protections.

The Judicial Extension of the Fourth Amendment and Other Protections