THE 1970S 1969 1979
SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Brown vs Board of Ed
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Furman v. Georgia
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) In a decision that later was nullified by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Supreme Court held that former slaves did not have standing in federal courts because they lacked U.S. citizenship, even after they were freed.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Court decided Dred Scott in 1817 at a time when political tensions about slavery ran high. In that case, the Supreme Court held that no African-American could be a citizen entitled to sue in federal court and that no African-American could become free simply because he was taken into a free state by his owner.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emerson died in 1843, and Scott attempted to purchase his freedom from Emerson’s widow, but she refused. Scott then sued in federal court against Sandford, the executor of Emerson’s estate for his freedom.