6-Dred Scott

Dred Scott & The Supreme Court : 

Dred Scott & The Supreme Court What is the function of the Supreme Court? What was the Dred Scott case?

Do Now : 

Do Now What do you know about these guys?

Notes : 

Notes 1. The first guy isBarack Obama (duh). He is the President of the U.S. 2. The second guy isJohn Roberts. He is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (and from Buffalo!!)

Notes : 

Notes 3. The United States has one document that says how it can make its laws. That document is called theConstitution.  4. The Constitution lists three parts of the government: A. Executive Branch: the President & Cabinet B. Legislative Branch: Congress C. Judicial Branch: the Supreme Court

Slide 5: 

5. Congress makes the laws. 6. The President signs bills and enforces the law. 7. The Supreme Court decides if laws follow the Constitution or not. We vote on what the nation’s laws should be!! OK, Congress, but remember I have to sign it to make it a law.

Notes : 

Notes 8. The Dred Scott Case took place in the year1857 and involved an important Supreme Court decision that took placeabout slavery. 9. The effects of this decision increased tensions and distrustbetween North and South.

Who has this power?? : 

Who has this power?? 2) Signing the Fugitive Slave Act into law: 3) Signing a tax cut bill into law: 4) Deciding what the Fugitive Slave Law means: 5) Voting on a bill that would give more money to troops in Iraq: 6) Settling a disagreement about a tax cut law: 7) Voting on a bill that would make the school year longer: 9) Signing the school year bill into law: CONGRESS PRESIDENT SUPREME COURT CONGRESS CONGRESS SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT

Who has this power?? : 

Who has this power?? 10) Settling a disagreement between parents and students about what the school year law means: 11) Passing a bill that says “people have the right to take their property anywhere in the United States”: 12) Signing a bill that says “people have the right to take their property anywhere in the United States” into law: 13) Deciding whether the law that says “people have the right to take their property anywhere in the United States” means that people from the South can take their slaves into the North: CONGRESS SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT

“Lawyer One” : 

“Lawyer One” Hopes to prove that Dred Scott should be freed. Argues that Dred Scott isproperty in the South anda free man in the North. Says that Dred Scott should be released from slavery because his owner had died.

“Lawyer Two” : 

“Lawyer Two” Hopes to prove that Dred Scott will always be a slave. Argues that Dred Scott isproperty in the South andstill property in the North. Says that Dred Scott should be kept in slavery forever because he was born a slave.