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The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will A. always be applied to the states by the Court.
B. never be applied to the states by the Court.
C. sometimes be applied to the Court by the states.
D. sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.
The correct answer is D. sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.
Selective incorporation is a constitutional doctrine that ensures that certain protections in the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. This means that not all rights in the Bill of Rights are applied uniformly to the states; instead, the Supreme Court has selectively chosen which rights it deems fundamental and relevant to the states.