The process by which the Supreme Court has expanded specific parts of the Bill of Rights to protect citizens against state and federal actions is called ________.

a. selective incorporation
b. habeas corpus
c. the incorporation clause
d. cooperative federalism


Answer: a. selective incorporation

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