Huckabee's Dred Scott Comment Debunked By His Own History For Kids DVDs

A lesson on the 13th and 14th Amendment.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has repeatedly said he wouldn't follow the Supreme Court's June ruling legalizing same-sex marriages as president.

In event after event, the presidential candidate has slammed what he labels as "judicial tyranny" going so far as to claim the Supreme Court's 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford — which held that all blacks, free or enslaved, could not be American citizens — is still the law of the land even though no one follows it.

BuzzFeed News previously noted Huckabee's history DVDs for children teach the opposite of Huckabee's interpretation of the court's authority. The DVDs call the court "ultimate authority on the Constitutionality of law" who make "a final determination that the nation recognizes as definitive."

Huckabee's DVDs also specifically contradict what he has said about the Dred Scott ruling. The same history lesson on the courts notes the slaves were freed under the 13th Amendment in aftermath of the Dred Scott decision, and also teaches the 14th Amendment, which overturned the court's decision.

The episode covering Dred Scott has been embeded below. It runs several minutes.

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