3.7 questions
most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the supreme courts interpretation of the constitution
fourteenth amendment
The process of extending the protections of the Bill of Rights by means of the fourteenth amendment to apply to the actions of state government is known as
incorporation
In Mcdonald v. Chicago (2010), the court ruled that the second amendment right to bear arms was applicable to the states. Which of the following sections of the US constitution did the supreme court use to support its ruling.
the doctrine of selective incorporation through the fourteenth amendment, holding that state action limiting gun tights deprived persons of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"
The quote points to which of the following amendments to the US constitution as a basis to limit state action?
the second amendment
in which of the following situations would the supreme court be most likely to utilize the doctrine of selective incorporation?
when an individual claims that a right protected by the Bill of rights is infringed upon by a state