https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/the-supreme-court-doesnt-have-the-final-word-on-birthplace-citizenship/
The Supreme Court has spoken. Now what?
That question has confronted the nation before. In 1857, the Supreme Court believed it had settled one of the most consequential constitutional controversies in American history. In Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Roger Taney declared that persons of African descent could never become citizens of the United States and that Congress lacked authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. Many believed the court had spoken the final constitutional word.
Abraham Lincoln disagreed. His administration’s response to Dred Scott illustrates the point. President Lincoln did not disregard the court’s judgment in Dred Scott’s own case. But neither did he treat Taney’s opinion as binding executive or legislative policy for the future.