In the case of Dred Scott vs. Sanford in 1857, the Supreme court ruled in favor of Sanford. They sided with the opinion of Roger B. Taney who took everything into account. People began to realize that a decision was going to occur soon and so did James Buchanan, who used his connections to find out what that decision would be and supported it in his inaugural address. He said in it that eventually the people of the states would solve the conflict of whether there should or should not be slavery in America and that he backs the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case. Taney then announced the decision, saying that even free Negroes were not citizens of the US and they ergo cannot sue in an American court. Then he said that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Scott was still a slave.
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