History of R's who did fight racism long ago in the Dred Scott decision

Compromise in the Dred Scott Case was unconstitutional.

Dred Scott's battle for his freedom began at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri.


 

The Chief Justice of the United States was Roger B. Taney, a former slave owner, as were four other southern justices (non Republicans) on the Court.

The two dissenting justices of the nine-member Court were the only Republicans.

The north refused to accept a decision by a Court they felt was dominated by "Southern fire-eaters." Many Northerners, including Abraham Lincoln, felt that the next step would be for the Supreme Court to decide that no state could exclude slavery under the Constitution, regardless of their wishes or their laws.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/32a.asp

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