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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 ==