Two Approaches Employed by the Supreme Court in Response to the Argument

question 59

Multiple Choice

Two approaches employed by the Supreme Court in response to the argument that the 14th Amendment, which applied to the states, included various provisions of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution are:

• A) Fundamental Fairness and Total Incorporation.
• B) Total Incorporation and Selective Incorporation.
• C) Selective Incorporation and Discretionary Incorporation.
• D) both a and b are correct.

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