Under the "incorporation doctrine," the Supreme Court has imposed most of the governmental limitations of the Bill of Rights on the state governments by interpretation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Under the "incorporation doctrine," the Supreme Court has imposed most of the governmental limitations of the Bill of Rights on the state governments by interpretation of the due process clause  of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The incorporation doctrine is a constitutional doctrine through which the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution (known as the Bill of Rights) are made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This means that most of the protections and limitations that the Bill of Rights guarantees against the federal government are also applied to the state governments.

Under the "Incorporation Doctrine," the Supreme Court Has Imposed Most