The unanimous decision regarding the Dred Scott case was that he was not a citizen. Rather, no African Americans are citizens. The case was not cut and dry rather long and drawn out. Dred Scott fought for years for his freedom but was denied by the Supreme Court.
Scott filed a lawsuit against the Missouri state court in April of 1846. He had said that Dr.John Emerson was a doctor that traveled in territories such as Wisconsin and other territories where slaves were not allowed. But, when the decision was filed the Emersons and Scott lived in Missouri where slavery was legal.
The two main arguments in the case were that Scott was not a citizen of Missouri because he was a slave and not allowed to even create a lawsuit. Also, even if he was free in Illinois and Wisconsin, Missouri was a slave state.
Dred Scott was a catalyst in how America was divided. He also shed light on how unfair the system was for African Americans. "In 2007, Lynette Jackson, Scott’s great-great-granddaughter, told NPR on the 150th anniversary of the decision that the lesson from the case is that people should try to do what is right.“Even if it doesn't look like it's going to work out, in the end, it usually does,” she said."
President Trump has been breaking the law. You might say, "How has he done this?" He is breaking the law by unfollowing and blocking Twitter users that mock or criticize him. This issue is serious because it has been taken to the federal appeals court.
You might be wondering why would blocking people on social media be illegal and unconstitutional? But, the broader issue is that blocking users is against the First Amendment. The biggest problem President Trump ran into was that he blocked users from an account he uses to communicate important government news. "Because Mr. Trump uses Twitter to conduct government business, he cannot exclude some Americans from reading his posts — and engaging in conversations in the replies to them — because he does not like their views."
Trump argues that his account is only for personal use. But, when looking at his accounts he only has one Twitter account. He gives personal and political views on one page. If the president wanted to defer from listening to what the court rules he must separate his accounts. He could have one account for all personal views. Whereas if he disagrees with someone or an individual is "trolling" him he would have the power to block them. Sadly, due to his personal and political views being on one account he must follow the First Amendment and not block users and unblock the ones he has wrongfully blocked.
Dred Scott was a catalyst in how America was divided. He also shed light on how unfair the system was for African Americans. "In 2007, Lynette Jackson, Scott’s great-great-granddaughter, told NPR on the 150th anniversary of the decision that the lesson from the case is that people should try to do what is right.“Even if it doesn't look like it's going to work out, in the end, it usually does,” she said."