Dred Scott Vs Sandford Court Case

The US is known for being the land of the free, and for the longest time people left their home countries to experience the American dream. America was looked at to be almost a utopia, where everyone had equal opportunities, and everyone was happy. Without laws this would never happen, and thanks to the constitution, there were certain rules set in place. The judicial review is in short, the power for the court to decide is a law or decision the government made is constitutional, or decent. To start, the Dred Scott vs. Sandford was historical for using this method. Though this law was in place for a long time, it was only used once before the civil war, for this case. This case revolved around the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This case went on for around a year, arguing the rights of African American’s at the time. This case was a slave who was taken to the states where he would be free by his owners, only to be re-enslaved because of the state he was in. He sued for his freedom, but did not have very much luck. In the end, this case was lost. A year or so later, he sued again and did get his freedom, though he died almost two years after getting his freedom. …show more content…
Madison case. This was historic case in the 1800’s, and was the first time a law was called unconstitutional by the courts. This was a difficult case to understand at first, but became very clear once I understood. Before John Adams left his term, he appointed a new Justice of Peace. When Thomas Jefferson was elected to office, he wouldn’t acknowledge the change. Since his secretary would have to appoint to the Justice of Peace, Jefferson told him not to appoint him. The Justice of Peace (Marbury) sued the Secretary of State (Madison). This eventually lead to a law being called unconstitutional, and written off. This was the first time that the supreme court ever did anything of