The Supreme Court's process of 'selective incorporation' has gradually extended the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states through which amendment?
✓ Correct Answer: Option D
Selective incorporation uses the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause to apply most of the Bill of Rights to the states, ensuring state governments cannot infringe upon fundamental liberties that are deemed essential for ordered liberty.
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