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Rich Rostrom: Stelman: “and non-free persons were later declared non-citizens in Dred Scott.”
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So when Chief Justice Roger Taney finally attempted to settle the matter, with his infamous opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857 that black people never had been and never could be American citizens, no matter how long they had been here, respectable opinion across the North was profoundly shocked.
Van Gosse: Birthright Citizenship Is Bedrock Americanism Van Gosse 2010
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Indians were recognized as free persons (and non-citizens) and non-free persons were later declared non-citizens in Dred Scott.
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Stelman: “and non-free persons were later declared non-citizens in Dred Scott.”
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It overruled that precedent in Dred Scott on the ground that northern states were not being fair about slavery, so it wouldn't be fair in return (that's a paraphrase, but a reasonable one).
Balkinization 2007
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The crucial issue in Dred Scott was whether the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment gave persons a right to bring slaves into the territories.
Balkinization 2007
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Am I wrong to think that most of the controversy in Dred Scot was unnecessary?
Balkinization 2007
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It overruled that precedent in Dred Scott on the ground that northern states were not being fair about slavery, so it wouldn't be fair in return (that's a paraphrase, but a reasonable one).
Balkinization 2007
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The crucial issue in Dred Scott was whether the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment gave persons a right to bring slaves into the territories.
Balkinization 2007
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Once the issue is so defined, the holding in Dred Scott seems reasonable.
Balkinization 2007
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