Why was the Missouri Compromise declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case?

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because enslaved people were considered property under the Court’s reasoning. It said the Missouri Compromise’s restriction took that property from enslavers without due process, violating the Fifth Amendment. Therefore, choice C, “It denied enslavers the right to their property without due process,” is correct.

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