I was watching Mike Huckabee this evening and he mentioned the SCOTUS being wrong in the past specifically the 1857 decision, I decided to look it up and was shocked and am going to share it, but first wan to preface that I am in no way trying to compare the recent ruling to this one ONLY the fact that I believe it is equally erroneous and history will prove so, and it also taught me that a constitution amendment can and most likely will overturn this decision. That is just me exercising my 1st amendment right. Here is the partial and the link to full: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford#Decision Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857), also known as the Dred Scott Decision, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It made two main rulings. The first ruling was that African Americans were not citizens, and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. The second ruling was that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in any territory acquired after the creation of the United States. Given the first ruling, most scholars and many contemporary political figures (including the leadership of the then-new Republican Party) considered that the second ruling was not binding precedent, but mere dictum. The rationale of the Supreme Court regarding the jurisdictional ruling implied that people of African descent (both slave and free) were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens.[2] Since passage of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, both rulings are superseded and no longer valid precedent. Nonetheless, the case retains historical significance as it is widely regarded as the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court.[3][4]
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:23:38 +0000
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