In the 1857 U

In the 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional because Congress had no authority to forbid slavery in any territory. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney said that

A) slave property was not protected by the Constitution.
B) slave property was protected under state laws.
C) slave property was as much protected by the Constitution as any other kind of property.
D) holding slave property was immoral and unconstitutional.