Assertion: amendment | /r/CapableOf | nullify an 1857 supreme court decision
Facets:
value: by extending citizenship
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: By extending citizenship to those born in the U.S., the amendment nullified an 1857 Supreme Court decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford), which had held that those descended from slaves could not be citizens.
text: By extending citizenship to those born in the U.S., the amendment nullified an 1857 Supreme Court decision — Dred Scott v. Sandford, which had held that those descended from slaves could not be citizens.