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The Incorporation Doctrine: Applying the Bill of Rights to States
Explain how selective incorporation through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause fundamentally expanded federal protections against state infringement.
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Constitutional Amendments and the Expansion of Rights
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Analyze how constitutional amendments have restructured power, protected civil liberties, expanded suffrage, and transformed American national order.
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HS.1Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the impact of constitutional amendments on groups, individuals, institutions, national order.
HS.12Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the power of government and evaluate the reasoning and impact of Supreme Court decisions on the rights of individuals and groups (for example, Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade, D.C. v. Heller, Loving v. Virginia, Plessy v. Ferguson, Obergefell v. Hodges, Brown v. Board, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Reed v. Reed, Oregon Employment Division vs. Smith, Korematsu v. US, Dartmouth v. Woodward, Mendez v. Westminster, etc.).