The Supreme Court has adopted the doctrine of _____________ as a method of deciding whether certain provisions of the Bill of Rights are applicable to the States.

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The doctrine of selective incorporation is the method adopted by the Supreme Court for deciding whether certain provisions of the Bill of Rights are applicable to the States. This means that certain fundamental rights recognized by the Court as being "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty" are incorporated into the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and made applicable to the States. The Court has selectively incorporated many of the provisions of the Bill of Rights over the years, thereby making them applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Supreme Court Has Adopted the Doctrine of _____________ as a Method