Dissenting opinion in Dred Scott decision

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gptkb:Justice_John_McLean
gptkbp:date 1857
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influenced later civil rights jurisprudence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dissenting opinion in Dred Scott decision
gptkbp:opposedMajorityHolding Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
African Americans could not be citizens of the United States
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:United_States_Reports,_Volume_60_(19_How.)
gptkbp:requires African Americans could be citizens
Congress had power to regulate territories
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