Unit 3 Government

What is selective incorporation?

SCOTUS case-by-case process of applying the protections of the Bill of Rights to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

What court cases used selective incorporation?

McDonald v Chicago and Gideon v Wainwright

What did selective incorporation bring to the states in McDonald v Chicago?

SCOTUS applied the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms to the states

What did selective incorporation bring to the states in Gideon v Wainwright?

SCOTUS applied the 6th Amendment right to counsel to all state felony charges

What is Due Process?

5th and 14th Amendment right dictating that no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"

How does Gideon v Wainwright display selective incorporation?

It brought right to counsel from the Supreme Court and Death Penalty cases to all felony cases