In this case, Justices Robert Grier and John Catron violated judicial ethics by telling the President what the Court intended to do, though there is no evidence of a conspiracy to determine the outcome.
In this case, Justices Robert Grier and John Catron violated judicial ethics by telling the President what the Court intended to do, though there is no evidence of a conspiracy to determine the outcome. The dissents of John McLean and Benjamin Curtis referred to the Congressional powers outlined in article four, section three of the Constitution. FTP, identify this decision, in which every justice issued a seperate opinion, the first case in 54 years in which the Court found an act of Congress unconstitutional, when it was ruled that the Missouri Compromise violated fifth amendment property rights.
In this case, Justices Robert Grier and John Catron violated judicial ethics by telling the President what the Court intended to do, though there is no evidence of a conspiracy to determine the outcome.
{Dred Scott} v. Sanford