Now, Huff Post mocked the guy - Republican House candidate John Runyan from New Jersey - but they're forgetting one crucial point. These are Republicans we're talking about. Opposing slavery is actually forward momentum. From Huff Post Hill:
During a debate last night between New Jersey Rep. John Adler and his Republican opponent John Runyan, Adler asked Runyan to name a recent Supreme Court decision "from the last 10 to 15 years" that he disagrees with. "That I strongly disagree with?" Runyan replied before taking a moment to compose himself. Then, with a surprisingly level of assertiveness, he said, "Dred Scott." Some members of the audience, themselves opponents of slavery (good for them!), erupted in applause.Dred Scott was decided in 1857.
More on Dred Scott:
Dred Scott v. Sandford, commonly referred to as the Dred Scott decision, was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) were not protected by the constitution and could never be U.S. citizens. The court also held that the U.S. Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories and that, because slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court. Lastly, the Court ruled that slaves, as chattels or private property, could not be taken away from their owners without due process.
