The total incorporation doctrine is a theory held by some jurists and legal scholars maintaining that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to be incorporated and applied to the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


states

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following would not be considered part of the "wave of the future" in family law?

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