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

The correct answer is D. sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

Selective incorporation refers to the process by which certain rights in the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. The Supreme Court decides on a case-by-case basis whether a particular right should be incorporated, leading to the application of some rights but not all to the states. This means that not every right in the Bill of Rights automatically applies to the states.