The Chief Justice invoked the Constitution. He reckoned that when the Founding Fathers declared that a man's property was sacred, they would have included slaves within their definition of property.
The South was delighted with this decision - it declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
The South loved it because it appeared to make slavery legal in every state of the Union.
Scott was a slave and could not bring suit
In the Dred Scott decision a slave was taken up north to a "free state," according to the Missouri Compromise, and then brought back down to a slave state. Dred Scott felt that by entering a free state should be free from slavery, but on the ruling the Dred Scott decision ruled that slaves are considered property and can be taken anywhere, therefore going against the Missouri Compromise. The Supreme Court ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause for the reasons stated above, and overturned the legislation.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
The South was delighted with this decision - it declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
the south because the case said that slaves were definitly not citizens
She supported her decision.
The Dred Scott decision by the US Supreme Court in 1857 confirmed what large scale slave owners in the south always believed. That was that slavery was legal under the US Constitution. The Court's decision was controversial, however, only a constitutional amendment could change that decision.
The South loved it because it appeared to make slavery legal in every state of the Union.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Southerners benefited the most from the Dred Scott Decision.
They would view the Kansas-Nebraska Act favourably, because it would allow the citizens of each new state to vote on whether it was to be slave or free. They would view the Dred Scott decision with outrage, because it declared that slavery was legal in every state of the Union.
Stonewell Jackson thought Dred Scott Decision was a supid idea
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
Scott was a slave and could not win suit.
Scott was a slave and could not bring suit