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Second Amendment

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Selective Incorporation

The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Second Amendment

Between 1791 and 2007, the Supreme Court issued rulings on four cases dealing with the Second Amendment. Since 2008, the Supreme Court has issued rulings on two landmark cases District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010).

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

The importance of McDonald v. Chicago has to do with the fact that Constitutional rights don't automatically apply to state and local governments.

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

The decision in DC v. Heller had granted individuals the right to own operative had guns in their home in the District of Columbia, it was the McDonald decision that extended this right to state and local governments.

What does the second amendment protect?

The second amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms

When hearing cases on the Second Amendment, how has the Supreme Court balanced the power of the government and the individual right to bear arms?

In its first hearing the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment prevented the states from "prohibiting the people from keeping and bearing arms, so as to deprive the United States of their rightful resource for maintaining the public security."

Using examples from TWO specific rulings, compare how the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Second Amendment has shown a commitment to individual liberty in different ways.

The Supreme Court's interpretation of the Second Amendment has shown a commitment to individual liberty in different way by giving people the right to bear arms if the person has the license for a weapon. Another ruling is a person has to have a clean criminal record before buying a weapon.

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