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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=United_States_constitutional_law">United States constitutional law</a>, <b>incorporation</b> is the doctrine by which portions of the <a href="page.php?w=United_States_Bill_of_Rights">Bill of Rights</a> have been made applicable to the <a href="page.php?w=U.S._state">state</a>s.  When the Bill of Rights was ratified, the courts held that its protections extended only to the actions of the <a href="page.php?w=Federal_government_of_the_United_States">federal government</a> and that the Bill of Rights did not place limitations</p><p>
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