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Essential Question:
• What are the basic civil rights and liberties of Americans?
• How have significant decisions of the Supreme Court affected our basic rights?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of court decisions as instruments of social change?
Barron v. Baltimore
Barron v. Baltimore (1833) – The Supreme Court rules that the Bill of Rights limits the FEDERAL government
but not STATE governments
“No”
1833
“Incorporated”
Gitlow v. New York
Gitlow v. New York (1925) – The Supreme Court rules that the 1st Amendment protects free speech from the federal government AND the states (First time one right from the Bill of Rights was “incorporated” or applied to the states)
Gitlow
“Selectively Incorporated”
McDonaldv Chicago
Robinsonv.
California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONV1YdZxiw
Selective Incorporation- Process through which the Supreme Court has applied the Bill of Rights to the states ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS (the entire Bill of Rights was NOT applied to the states all at once)