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For example, back in march, 1857, the supreme court ruled that people of african descent could never be full u.s. citizens. the scott decision basically said that all men were created equal. that part of the constitution, didn't apply to black people. slave or free. in his majority opinion of the court, the chief justice wrote it is too clear for dispute. the enslaved african race were for the intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration. obviously, he was wrong, and 11 years later that decision was overruled by the 14th amendment. and today...