The Ableman v. Booth case relates to the Dred Scott decision because both decisions changed the the thing they were discussing back to the way they were.
Dred Scott Decision Summary: Originally, the court favored a moderate decision that ruled in favor of Sanford, but it still didn't address the larger issues of black citizenship and the Missouri Compromise. Justice Nelson was chosen to write the decision, however no one agreed with his views. So, Chief Justice Roger Taney was chosen to write the majority opinion of the court which included black citizenship and the Constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise. President James Buchanan contacted several Supreme Court members for the decision reached by the Court to include in his inaugural address. In his speech he supported the decision of the Court. Taney presented the opinion in March of 1857. He started with the question of black citizenship of both slaves and freemen. Taney believed that even free blacks were not citizens of the United States, and do not have the power to sue. He also believed that citizens are allowed to bring their property into a territory in the US. He claimed that Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because it prevented citizens from holding property. Finally, Taney said that the status of the slaves who escaped to free states must be returned to the place in which they resided, so therefore Dred Scott was still a slave and had to return to Missouri.
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