The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will

A. always be applied to the states by the court.

B. never be applied to the states by the court.

C. sometimes be applied to the court by the states.

D. sometimes be applied to the states by the court.

The last one would be the right one or D

D is the correct answer.

The doctrine of selective incorporation refers to the Courts applying the Bill of Rights selectively to the States. As time has progressed, more of the rights have applied to the State governments. This is important as when the Bill of Rights were written, they were only a check on the Federal Government. Over time, though, they have been applied to the States as well.