Justice Taney, Southern Democrat, ruled against Scott, saying:a. African Americans are not US citizens under Constitution & therefore have no right to sue in federal courtb. Congress does not have power to exclude slavery from any federal territory, because slaves are property and Congress cannot deprive slave-owners of property without due process of lawMissouri Compromise was unconstitutional b/c it excluded slavery from Wisconsin and other North territories & Congress did not have authority to pass law

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