LAD #18

LAD #18

Dred Scott

      Over the case Dread Scott vs. Stanford, Cheif Justice Roger B. Taney sided with Standford saying that because Scott was a child of immigrants from another country that he was not a citizen there for did not obtain the rights of the US citizens. Taney justified his decision by looking at the constitution where is does not distinct between slaves and property. Therefor Scott had no right in the first place to claim his rights and sew in state or federal courts. In return Scotts master, Standford, was entitled to such rights including rights to his property. Seeing that Scott was a slave to Standford, they had no other choice then to ensure Standford's ownership of Scott. This challenged the Missouri Compromise because although Scott was in a free state, illinois, he had no right to sue in a a slave state, Missouri. Taney ultimately found the compromise to be unconstitutional.