While the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as written requires state governments to limit their actions against individuals, it is through the process of selective incorporation that states have actually been forced to change their behavior.

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Selective incorporation is the process by which the Supreme Court has applied the Bill of Rights to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, thereby limiting the actions of state governments against individuals.

While the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as Written