There is a real possibility the United States Supreme Court could overturn Dred Scott vs. Sandford.*

The issue is not the owning or freedom of Negros, but, in fact, it is the right of a person of African descent to live as a free citizen of the United States. The Dred Scott vs. Sandford decision in which the Supreme Court held that the United States Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for people of African descent, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free, and so the rights and privileges that the Constitution confers upon American citizens could not apply to them, period.

Simply put, if you don’t agree with slavery, then don’t own slaves and also please don’t continue to take the right to own slaves away from other people of the USA.

Take the Letter from May 7: substitute slavery or citizenship for abortion. It was the law. It was overturned. Slavery was ‘right’ for the owner, it was ‘wrong’ for the slave. Abortion is ‘right’ for the woman, is it ‘right’ for the involved man? Does the victim/pre-born child have a ‘right’ in the decision?

How many Americans travel to Russia, China, and the rest of the world to adopt babies because there are not enough babies here in America available for adoption? Adopt not abort.

* Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the United States Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for people of African descent, regardless of whether they were enslaved or free, and so the rights and privileges that the Constitution confers upon American citizens could not apply to them. Wikipedia

KATHLEEN MELVILLE-HALL,

Alpena