The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford ... aggression -- wrote in the Court's majority opinion that, because Scott was black, he was not a citizen and therefore had no ...

The president’s executive order would purportedly end a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. But that's not how this works.

the court is of opinion, that.... Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and not entitled as such to sue in its courts; and ...