Why do you suppose Chief Justice Taney extended his opinion to address the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise?

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humpty

Taney was a committed slave states man, dedicated to the expansion of slavery as "property rights." Taney serves as an example of why politicians should not be appointed to the Supreme Court.

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