The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

This Supreme Court decision attempted to settle the legal status of slaves in free territories to avert a civil war, but it provoked one instead. Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri ...

DeSantis isn’t necessarily confident that the current court would support his and Trump’s view on birthright citizenship ...

It also notes that the decision was “overturned” by the 13th and 14th amendments which abolished slavery and stated that all ...