The Reconstruction amendments toppled the ideals of what Supreme Court decision?

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The Reconstruction amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments) were designed to address and rectify the injustices of slavery and the lack of civil rights for African Americans, directly challenging the ideals upheld in the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision. This 1857 Supreme Court ruling declared that African Americans could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and it also ruled that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories. The Reconstruction amendments effectively overturned these aspects of the Dred Scott decision.

The Reconstruction Amendments Toppled the Ideals of What Supreme Court