meaner gene
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The constitution invalidated the decision, not the opinion. Everything they cited as how the constitution didn't grant personhood to blacks remains true.That's an odd bit of semantic bullshit that you've got there.
I think any rational mind would recognize that a ruling is overturned, if the Constitution itself is amended in a manner that invalidates that ruling.
The constitution was amended by the 14th to grant personhood (citizenship) to everyone "born" in the US.
Dred Scott still denies personhood to those not born.