Dred Scott, Politics, and the “Living” Constitution

by Bunker | Posted on December 13, 2024December 14, 2024

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Some legal “experts” are claiming that the Supreme Court‘s infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision is still used in current law. That, of course, is nonsense. In fact, soon after its passage, many northern states essentially nullified “Scott” at the state level.

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