He went through years of legal battles and his case was appealed all the way to the United States Supreme Court. The court ruled that no other black American, whether slave or free, could file suit in federal court. Infamous Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote, “[Blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro could justly and legally be reduced to slavery for his own benefit. » Even though he lived in a place where slavery had been abolished, he was still a slave. The court also ruled that Congress was prohibited from passing laws preventing slave owners from bringing their slaves to the West. This decision effectively left northerners powerless. deep in the virtue of free labor, because social mobility was possible through hard work, any man could improve his conditions – the essence of the American dream. Northerners did not believe that free white labor could compete with white slave labor. Southerners. The Scott decision further scandalizes