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FinnZ [79.3K]
3 years ago
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Why was the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case so controversial?

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Nadya [2.5K]3 years ago
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Answer: Because the Court ruled that Scott was not an American citizen, any federal lawsuit he filed automatically failed because he could never establish the "diversity of citizenship" that Article III of the U.S. Constitution requires for an American federal court to be able to exercise jurisdiction over a case.

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