Courts can examine citizens' rights on a case-by-case basis and employ the protection of the Bill of Rights is known as ______________.
a. Legal Incorporation
b. Selective Incorporation
c. Civil Incorporation
d. Rights of the People
e. Judicial Review
Ans: b. Selective Incorporation
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a. expansion of American government in general and the gradual strengthening of the federal government b. simultaneous growth of the nullification movement and federal desire for financial resources c. increases in state power and fiscal resources at the expense of the federal government d. development of the property tax and the need for states to provide resources to the national government e. legalization of the income tax and devolution
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