USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(1925) Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and of the press were among the “fundamental personal rights” protected by the due-process clause of the 14th A. from infringements by state (as well as federal) action. This case allowed the incorporation of the Bill of Rights to apply to state government as well as the national government.
A
Gitlow v. New York
B
Gideon v. Wainwright
C
Gibbons v. Ogden
D
Engle v. Vitale
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -New York, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8, 1925, that the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protection of free speech, which states that the federal “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, ” applies also to state governments.

Detailed explanation-2: -New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925) The First Amendment does not prevent the government from punishing political speech that directly advocates its violent overthrow.

Detailed explanation-3: -This process is known as incorporation. Gitlow v. New York-decided in 1925-was the first Supreme Court decision applying the First Amendment’s free speech protections to abuses by state governments.

Detailed explanation-4: -But selective incorporation has nothing to do with business corporations. It’s a constitutional law concept that refers to the way that selected provisions of the U.S. Bill of Rights have been applied to the states through the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment.

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