USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Sanford, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled that African Americans were not and could not be citizens. Taney wrote that the Founders’ words in the Declaration of Independence, “all men were created equal, ” were never intended to apply to blacks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taney, declared that all blacks–slaves as well as free–were not and could never become citizens of the United States. The court also declared the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thus permiting slavery in all of the country’s territories.

Detailed explanation-3: -majority opinion by Roger B. Taney. Held portions of the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional in violation of the Fifth Amendment, treating Scott as property, not as a person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taney, in full Roger Brooke Taney, (born March 17, 1777, Calvert county, Maryland, U.S.-died October 12, 1864, Washington, D.C.), fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, remembered principally for the Dred Scott decision (1857). He was the first Roman Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.