Free Response Selective Incooperation

Question 1

Define selective incorporation

Answer 1

Apply the Bill of Rights to state on a case by case basic

Question 2

Background information for Gideon versus Wainwright

Answer 2

A person was charged with breaking into a pool hall
He asked that the court appoint him a lawyer and he was denied
He represented himself which lead to conviction and him being sent to prison

Question 3

The question supreme Court had to decide for Gideon vs wainwright

Answer 3

Do states have to appoint someone with a lawyer in a criminal case if they can’t afford one

Question 4

The ruling of Gideon versus Wainwright

Answer 4

Under the due process clause 14th amendment all states must point someone with a lawyer if they cannot afford one under the 6 amendment

Question 5

Background information for McDonald’s versus Chicago

Answer 5

Citizens in a state challenged gun bans in their state after the Supreme Court ruled citizens in DC could have functional guns in their home

Question 6

Questions Supreme Court had to decide

Answer 6

Can states ban functional guns in homes under the 2nd and 14th amendment?

Question 7

Ruling of McDonald’s or Chicago

Answer 7

Under the due process clause 14th amendment citizens have the right to have functional guns in their home under the 2nd amendment making these bans unconstitutional