User:LuanLoud
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Greetings,
I am a 25-year-old law student with a profound interest in both politics and legal studies. My academic pursuits in law are complemented by my active involvement in political affairs. I currently serve as a board member of my political party’s provincial branch, where I contribute to shaping local policies and engaging with the political process at the grassroots level. This experience has deepened my understanding of political systems and the intersection between law and governance.
In addition to my formal roles, I have been an active contributor to Wikipedia for over a decade. I initially began editing articles anonymously, later transitioning to various accounts (several of which I lost access to over time). Throughout this period, I have dedicated myself to improving the quality and accuracy of content on Wikipedia, with a particular focus on topics related to politics, law, and governance. My contributions include creating new articles, updating and revising existing ones, correcting factual inaccuracies, organizing content for better accessibility, and engaging in copyediting to enhance clarity and readability.
Beyond my work on the English Wikipedia, I am also active, albeit less frequently, on the Dutch Wikipedia. I aim to contribute to the expansion and improvement of Dutch-language resources, particularly in areas of political and legal significance, to benefit the Dutch-speaking community.
Currently residing in the suburban city of Zoetermeer, I strive to balance my academic commitments, political activism, and volunteer work. My passion for both law and politics drives me to continuously seek out opportunities for learning and contributing to public discourse, both online and offline.| Pages i made |
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Dred Scott (c. 1799 – 1858) was an enslaved African American who, along with his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the 1857 legal case Dred Scott v. Sandford. The Scotts claimed that they should be granted freedom because Dred had lived for four years in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory, where slavery was illegal, and laws in those jurisdictions said that slave holders gave up their rights to slaves if they stayed for an extended period. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled against Scott in a landmark decision that held the Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and therefore they could not enjoy the rights and privileges that the Constitution conferred upon American citizens. The Dred Scott decision is widely considered the worst in the Supreme Court's history, being widely denounced for its overt racism, judicial activism, poor legal reasoning, and crucial role in the events that led to the American Civil War four years later. The ruling was later superseded by the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery, in 1865, followed by the Fourteenth Amendment, whose first section guaranteed birthright citizenship for "all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof", in 1868. This posthumous oil-on-canvas portrait of Scott was painted by Louis Schultze, after an 1857 photograph by John H. Fitzgibbon, and now hangs in the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.Painting credit: Louis Schultze, after John H. Fitzgibbon
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