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McDonald v. Chicago

Definition

McDonald v. Chicago (2010) was a Landmark decision that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states..

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Questions

  1. What Amendment does McDonald v. Chicago involve?

  2. What does McDonald v. Chicago expand?

  3. What were some of the most important details of McDonald v. Chicago?

  4. What is the relationship between McDonald v. Chicago and federalism?

  5. Use McDonald v. Chicago in a sentence of your own design.

  6. What exactly does The Second Amendment actually say about militias?

  7. What would the US be different if McDonald v. Chicago were overturned by the current Supreme Court?

  8. Why is the current SCOTUS unlikely to overturn McDonald v. Chicago?

  9. How does McDonald v. Chicago illustrate the concept of selective incorporation?

  10. Do you agree with the ruling in McDonald v. Chicago?

Remember!

Now, let’s commit this term to our long-term memory. On a scrap piece of paper, take 10 or 20 seconds to draw McDonald v. Chicago! Draw with symbols or stick figures if you wish. Nothing fancy. Don’t expect a masterpiece. No one else will see this but you. Look at your drawing. That’s all - now it’s downloaded into your memory. Destroy the piece of paper in a most delightful way.

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