That the slave Scott could not have his freedom, because the Founding Fathers had declared that a man's property was sacred, and the Chief Justice reckoned that they would have included slaves in their definition of property.
Dred Scott
Dred Scott v. Sanford
That Scott had no right to argue in court
The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered United States citizens and therefore could not file lawsuits in federal court. The court also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional and asserted that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in U.S. territories.
The ruling in the Dred Scott case allowed slave owners to take their slaves with them into the Western territories of the United States.
In the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, were not considered citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in federal court. The Court also declared that Congress did not have the authority to outlaw slavery in the territories, which exacerbated tensions between the North and the South leading up to the Civil War.
The Supreme Court met in Washington, D.C. when it decided the Dred Scott case. It has met in Washington for every case since February 1801.
The Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sanford did not decide if Dred Scott was a slave or not, but that slaves (and their descendants) could not be counted as US citizens and had no right to sue in court.
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)The court case was Dred Scott v. Sandford, in 1857.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
You mean Dred Scott versus Sanford - this was a Supreme Court case that ruled that African American people brought to the states as slaves could never be citizens. The case was tried in 1857.
The ruling in the Dred Scott case allowed slave owners to take their slaves with them into the Western territories of the United States.
The court case was Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857. Dred Scott, a slave, sued for his freedom in the United States Supreme Court after his master died, but the court ruled against him, stating that slaves were property and not entitled to citizenship.