<P> This set in motion a continuous process under which each individual right under the Bill of Rights was incorporated , one by one . That process has extended more than half a century , with the free speech clause of the First Amendment first incorporated in 1925 in Gitlow v New York . The most recent amendment completely incorporated as fundamental was the Second Amendment right to possess and bear arms for personal self - defense , in McDonald v Chicago , handed down in 2010 . </P>
<P> This set in motion a continuous process under which each individual right under the Bill of Rights was incorporated , one by one . That process has extended more than half a century , with the free speech clause of the First Amendment first incorporated in 1925 in Gitlow v New York . The most recent amendment completely incorporated as fundamental was the Second Amendment right to possess and bear arms for personal self - defense , in McDonald v Chicago , handed down in 2010 . </P>
examples of fundamental rights protected by the constitution
examples of fundamental rights protected by the constitution
free speech right to possess and bear arms for personal self - defense
free speech right to possess and bear arms for personal self - defense