Incorporation Doctrine - The Bill of Rights

Which amendment makes it clear that enumerating rights in the Constitution or Bill of Rights does not mean that others do not exist?

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

In this Supreme Court case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights limited only the actions of the Federal government and not those of the states.

• Gitlow v. New York

• Barron v. Baltimore

• Near v. Minnesota

• Palko v. Connecticut

Which amendment to the Constitution extends equal protection of the law to all citizens?

• 10th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions extended 1st Amendment protections of freedom of speech and press to all states as well as the national government?

• Barron v. Baltimore

• Near v. Minnesota

• Gitlow v. New York

• Palko v. Connecticut

The incorporation doctrine suggests the belief that some "personal rights and liberties" are so fundamental that they require special protection from the state governments.

• True

• False

___________________________ are the personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, by law, constitution, or judicial interpretation.

• Civil Liberties

• Civil Rights

• Civil Disobedience

• Civil Society

The federal system of government fails to redistribute the power between the national government and the states to explicitly guarantee our civil liberties.

• True

• False

Which of the following Supreme Court cases incorporated freedom of the press by holding that a state law violated the 1st Amendment right to a free press?

• Gitlow v. New York

• Barron v. Baltimore

• Near v. Minnesota

• Palko v. Connecticut

What apsects of the Bill of Rights have not been incorporated?

• Amendment 3

• Grand jury indictment

• No excessive fines or bail

• All of these have not been incorporated

What term describes those rights by the Court as essential to order, liberty, and justice and therefore entitled to the highest standard of review?

• Rights of the Accused

• Civil Rights

• Inalienable Rights

• Fundamental Freedoms in the 1st Amendment