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* Second amendment | * Second amendment | ||
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* | * in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) the Court affirmed the 2nd amendment right to "keep and bear arms" as an individual right by declaring a gun control law of the District of Columbia (DC) law unconstitutional. | ||
* Since ''Heller'' regarded a DC law, which is a federal territory, the ruling was not immediately applicable to state law | |||
* ''McDonald'' applied ''Heller'' it to state law via the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment | |||
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* [[wikipedia:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller|Heller v. District of Columbia]] (2008) | |||
* [[wikipedia:People_v._Aguilar|People v. Aguilar]] (2013: upheld individual right to keep and bear arms) | |||
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== List of Fourteenth Amendment "Incorporation Cases" == | |||
=== 14th Amendment incorporation cases === | |||
* the 14th amendment explicitly applied itself to the states | |||
* thus its "due process" and "equal protection" clauses also apply to the states | |||
* "incorporation" ("putting into the body") means applying the Bill of Rights and other constitutional protections to state law via the 14th amendment | |||
=== Selective Incorporation === | |||
* Duncan v. Louisiana (1968) created the | |||
== Full list of Landmark Supreme Court cases == | == Full list of Landmark Supreme Court cases == | ||