Question

Initially, the United States Constitution did little to protect citizens from actions of the states. In the twentieth century, the Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution to protect the rights of citizens from state governments in a process referred to as incorporation. (a) Define selective incorporation. (b) For two of the following, explain how each has been incorporated. Each of your explanation must be based on a specific and relevant Supreme Court decision. Rights of criminal defendants First Amendment Privacy rights

Answer 1

A) Define selective incorporation.

It is basically a judicial doctrine where by most but not all protections are made applicable to the states present in Bill of rights via the Fourteenth Amendment due process of law.

B)Rights of criminal defendants

Miranda v. Arizona- to those who are being questioned or in danger of arrest, must be read their first amendment rights and "Miranda" rights in order for any information obtained to be usable in court This goes for every state under the due process of law

First Amendment Privacy rights:

Roe v. Wade- women have privacy and to ban abortion is unconstitutional, although that is incorporated in every state, states have power to define when abortion is legal, which trimester