** what did the supreme court decide in the dred scott case? a. compromise of 1850 was illegal for congress to deprive a slave owner of property (slaves) without due of process. b. missouri compromise was illegal for congress to deprive a slave owner propety (slaves) without due process of law. c. missouri compromise was illegal for congress to deprive a slave from his/her freedom if they lived in the south. d. missouri compromise was illegal because it freed slaves in slave states.