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Selective Incorporation

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Selective incorporation is the process by which the Supreme Court applied the Bill of Rights' protections to the states, provision by provision.

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Press censorship fell to the states in Near v. Minnesota (1931); arms followed in McDonald v. Chicago (2010).

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Incorporation is ongoing and selective — most protections, not all.