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 ...

The plaintiff [Dred Scott ... and the decision that this court had no jurisdiction turned upon it, as will be seen by the report of the case. So in this case. As Scott was a slave when taken ...

that the judges of the Supreme Court have come to a decision in the case of DRED SCOTT, which involves the consitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of ...

We therefore say that it is not the Dred Scott decision which Attorney-General ... and be entitled to every civil privilege. The idea is preposterous. Citizenship has nothing to do with voting.

The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...

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

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We ...

The 1857 Dred Scott v Sandford decision came after Dred Scott ... people weren’t citizens pushed the country closer to the ...