LAD#18- Dred Scott Decision

Dred Scott Decision 1857

In the Dred Scott Case decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney was the man that was required to come to a complete conclusion on the case. He had to take many aspects of the Constitution into consideration including the laws over property rights and freedom of speech. The main issue that came into play was the facts that black slaves were considered property despite the fact that they are indeed human. Because of this Dred Scott should be treated as property of the state so he the state would decide how they wanted to deal with him. And Missouri, being a slave state, took Scott back into slavery. Also according to Taney, blacks were not even citizens of the United States, so Dred Scott had no right to even sue Stanford. Taney, lastly deemed the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.