Selective incorporation is a constitutional doctrine that ensures states cannot enact laws that take away the constitutional rights of American citizens that are enshrined in the Bill of Rights (1). This means that individual states cannot take away rights that are guaranteed by the constitution of the United States of America. For example in the case of McDonald vs. Chicago the city of Chicago attempted to no longer allow certain guns from being carried except rifles or shotguns in one’s home. There were many suits filed against this because the bill of rights allows people keep and bear arms. This means that at a city or state level no one can ban people from carrying guns. However, this isn’t the first, or last case like this. There is another,
