Answer: D. the process of incorporation
The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted on July 9, 1868 as part of the Reconstruction Amendments. It addressed the citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws in response to the situation of former slaves following the Civil War. It is one of the most litigated amendments. It includes several important clauses, such as the Citizenship Clause, the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. The series of Supreme Court rulings that used this amendment as basis are referred to as the process of incorporation.
