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How could the sweeping rulings in the notorious Dred Scott v Sandford -- specifically that black men were not citizens, and that Congress had no authority to restrict slavery in the territories -- been avoided? What would have been the effects of such a narrower court opinion? (Members of a certain book club will likely know what PoD I have in mind )