AP®︎ U.S. Government & Politics: Topic 3.7 Flashcards

Supreme Court doctrine applying most Bill of Rights protections to state and local governments one right at a time through the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause

Clause prohibiting states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process; the principal constitutional basis for selective incorporation

Held that the Bill of Rights restricted only the national government, not state or local governments

Narrowly interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment’s privileges or immunities clause, leading the due process clause to become the principal basis for incorporation

Required states to provide just compensation for takings, applying the substance of the Fifth Amendment’s takings protection to the states

Assumed that freedom of speech and the press were protected from state infringement by the Fourteenth Amendment, while upholding Gitlow’s conviction

Held that the Second Amendment right to possess a handgun for lawful self-defense applies to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment