The incorporation doctrine is a legal principle that has been used by the Supreme Court to apply the protections of the Bill of Rights to the states. This means that the states must abide by the same constitutional protections that the federal government must abide by. This increases the power of the federal government by ensuring that the states must adhere to the same standards of justice and civil rights as the federal government. This doctrine has been used to protect the rights of individuals from state governments, such as the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to due process.
