Nationlism+and+Sectionalism

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Anh Dam The Missouri Compromise is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme court because the Constitution states that government can't take away property (slaves) in the Dred Scott case. The Dred Scott case was about Scott, who was a slave, who wanted to free himself and so he sued the government. But the Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said that blacks, slaves that are free, aren't citizens and so he stated that they have no right to sue the government. By saying that, it means that all the free states in the north aren't considered free because the slave's owner never let them go. So when the Missouri Compromise was passed, Maine became a free state because the people in that state chose to free themselves but Roger B. Taney said they aren't technically free because they're still considered as property to their owners. However, I disagree with that decision because the Missouri Compromise is a state problem, not a government issue. Therefore if Maine chose to free themselves, then they are considered to be free since the Constitution doesn't mention anything about slavery and the federal government never took away that property which makes the Missouri Compromise to be constitutional.

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