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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