The piecemeal application of the Bill of Rights to the states is known as

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The process of applying the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states one amendment at a time is known as selective incorporation. This process began with the 14th Amendment, which applied some of the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states, but the incorporation of all of the amendments has been a gradual and piecemeal process through Supreme Court decisions.

The Piecemeal Application of the Bill of Rights to the States