USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 2010 landmark case McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court declared the Second Amendment is incorporated through the Due Process Clause.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Supreme Court of the United States had an opportunity to apply the Bill of Rights to state governments in the 1833 case of Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.)

Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court uses selective incorporation to apply certain constitutional protections to the states rather than whole amendments. At this point, selective incorporation has been used to extend nearly the entire Bill of Rights to actions by state governments.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court, through a string of cases, found that the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth amendment included applying parts of the Bill of Rights to States (referred to as incorporation).