Trebla unit 3: 3.7 selective (20)

Which of the following political parties would most likely advocate for the dissenting opinion in McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?

Which of the following most clearly states the outcome of McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?

The outcome of McDonald v. Chicago (2010) rests most heavily on which of the following ideas reflected in the U.S. Constitution?

Which of the following best summarizes the debate reflected in McDonald v. Chicago (2010)?

A political scientist would most likely use McDonald v. Chicago (2010) to illustrate which of the following?

In which of the following situations would the Supreme Court be most likely to apply the doctrine of selective incorporation?

McDonald v. Chicago (2010) impacted the debate concerning gun control in which of the following ways?

The application of the Second Amendment in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) relied most heavily on which constitutional guarantee?

"Southern resistance, Presidential vetoes, and this Court’s pre-Civil-War precedent persuaded Congress that a constitutional amendment was necessary to provide full protection for the rights of blacks. Today, it is generally accepted that the Fourteenth Amendment was understood to provide a constitutional basis for protecting the rights set out in the Civil Rights Act of 1866... In Heller, we held that the Second Amendment protects the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense. Unless considerations of stare decisis counsel otherwise, a provision of the Bill of Rights that protects a right that is fundamental from an American perspective applies equally to the Federal Government and the States. We therefore hold that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller. " Opinion of the Court, McDonald v. Chicago (2010) Which of the following makes protection of the right to bear arms applicable to the states?

"Southern resistance, Presidential vetoes, and this Court’s pre-Civil-War precedent persuaded Congress that a constitutional amendment was necessary to provide full protection for the rights of blacks. Today, it is generally accepted that the Fourteenth Amendment was understood to provide a constitutional basis for protecting the rights set out in the Civil Rights Act of 1866... In Heller, we held that the Second Amendment protects the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense. Unless considerations of stare decisis counsel otherwise, a provision of the Bill of Rights that protects a right that is fundamental from an American perspective applies equally to the Federal Government and the States. We therefore hold that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller. " Opinion of the Court, McDonald v. Chicago (2010) Which of the following is most consistent with the Supreme Court's reasoning in the above excerpt?

"Southern resistance, Presidential vetoes, and this Court’s pre-Civil-War precedent persuaded Congress that a constitutional amendment was necessary to provide full protection for the rights of blacks. Today, it is generally accepted that the Fourteenth Amendment was understood to provide a constitutional basis for protecting the rights set out in the Civil Rights Act of 1866... In Heller, we held that the Second Amendment protects the right to possess a handgun in the home for the purpose of self-defense. Unless considerations of stare decisis counsel otherwise, a provision of the Bill of Rights that protects a right that is fundamental from an American perspective applies equally to the Federal Government and the States. We therefore hold that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller. " Opinion of the Court, McDonald v. Chicago (2010) According to the excerpt above, which of the following best describes the reason Congress proposed the Fourteenth Amendment?

The decision handed down by the Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) is most similar to that found in

"The New York statute punishing those who advocate, advise or teach the duty; necessity or propriety of overthrowing or overturning organized government by force, violence, or any unlawful means, or who print, publish, or knowingly circulate any book, paper, etc., advocating, advising or teaching the doctrine that organized government should be so overthrown, does not penalize the utterance or publication of abstract doctrine or academic discussion having no quality of incitement to any concrete action, but denounces the advocacy of action for accomplishing the overthrow of organized government by unlawful means, and is constitutional as applied to a printed 'Manifesto' advocating and urging mass action which shall progressively foment industrial disturbances and, through political mass strikes and revolutionary mass action, overthrow and destroy organized parliamentary government; even though the advocacy was in general terms, and not addressed to particular immediate acts or to particular person." Gitlow v. New York 268 US 652 (1925) As explained in the excerpt above, which of the following best describes the Supreme Court's holding in Gitlow v. New York?

"The New York statute punishing those who advocate, advise or teach the duty; necessity or propriety of overthrowing or overturning organized government by force, violence, or any unlawful means, or who print, publish, or knowingly circulate any book, paper, etc., advocating, advising or teaching the doctrine that organized government should be so overthrown, does not penalize the utterance or publication of abstract doctrine or academic discussion having no quality of incitement to any concrete action, but denounces the advocacy of action for accomplishing the overthrow of organized government by unlawful means, and is constitutional as applied to a printed 'Manifesto' advocating and urging mass action which shall progressively foment industrial disturbances and, through political mass strikes and revolutionary mass action, overthrow and destroy organized parliamentary government; even though the advocacy was in general terms, and not addressed to particular immediate acts or to particular person." Gitlow v. New York 268 US 652 (1925) In the Gitlow case, the Supreme Court determined whether a New York statute violated which of the following constitutional provisions?

"The New York statute punishing those who advocate, advise or teach the duty; necessity or propriety of overthrowing or overturning organized government by force, violence, or any unlawful means, or who print, publish, or knowingly circulate any book, paper, etc., advocating, advising or teaching the doctrine that organized government should be so overthrown, does not penalize the utterance or publication of abstract doctrine or academic discussion having no quality of incitement to any concrete action, but denounces the advocacy of action for accomplishing the overthrow of organized government by unlawful means, and is constitutional as applied to a printed 'Manifesto' advocating and urging mass action which shall progressively foment industrial disturbances and, through political mass strikes and revolutionary mass action, overthrow and destroy organized parliamentary government; even though the advocacy was in general terms, and not addressed to particular immediate acts or to particular person." Gitlow v. New York 268 US 652 (1925) In the Gitlow case, the Supreme Court began the process of applying protections of individual freedoms from the Bill of Rights against state action. This process is known as