Taney said the Constitution gave the right of citizenship only to members of the white race.

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Taney said there was no word in the Constitution that gave Congress greater power over slave property than over any other kind of property.

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Secondly,Taney said Scott was ruled by the laws of Missouri, the state in which he lived.

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Taney, writing for the majority, voided the Missouri Compromise by arguing that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories.

NEWYORKER: Benched

Chase was being confirmed as the new Chief Justice of the United States (replacing arch Lincoln enemy Roger Brooke Taney).

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When Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated, on the East Portico of the Capitol, Taney administered the oath, and Lincoln, in his address, confronted the crisis of constitutional authority.

NEWYORKER: Benched