The Supreme Court hears a case about a decision by the state of Rhode Island to house troops in a citizen's home. This violates the Third Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. While the Third Amendment had not explicitly applied to the state of Rhode Island before this case, the Court rules that it should and that Rhode Island may not quarter troops in someone's house. This is an example of what?

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This is an example of selective incorporation, which is the process by which the Supreme Court has applied portions of the Bill of Rights to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court ruled that the Third Amendment's prohibition on quartering troops in private homes applied to the state of Rhode Island.

The Supreme Court Hears a Case About a Decision by the State