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he practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will

always be applied to the states by the Court.
never be applied to the states by the Court.
sometimes be applied to the Court by the states.
sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

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sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

Selective incorporation is the doctrine under which the Supreme Court has applied most—but not all—protections in the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis via the Fourteenth Amendment.