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Reconciliation and commemoration: Dred Scott’s descendant tells her story
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt was 1995 when Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, heard a...
The Ghost of Dred Scott Still Haunts Us
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe US Supreme Court building stands in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2022. - The Supreme Court begins their new term today, and is expected to hear...
Was Chief Justice Roger Taney reasonable in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to current legal opinion, the Dred Scott case was the Supreme Court’s worst. The Civil War...
Chip Roy invokes Dred Scott to slam Supreme Court border ruling
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who has said Texas should ignore the Supreme Court’s order allowing federal...
Descendant of judge who wrote infamous Dred Scott decision pens a play about where we are now
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWriter and actor Kate Taney Billingsley has been thinking a lot about America's racial history and...
Like the leaked Dred Scott decision, the leaked abortion decision could fall flat
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter an investigation that would have shamed Inspector Clouseau, the Supreme Court marshal’s office...
House approves removal of bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol, sending bill to Biden for...
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe House has approved a bill to remove from the Capitol a bust of former Supreme Court Chief...
Democrats press Senate to vote on bill removing Dred Scott justice bust from Capitol
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTop House Democrats are pressing the Senate to vote on a bill to remove the bust of former Chief...
House approves removal of bust of justice who wrote decision protecting slavery
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe House has approved the removal from the Capitol of the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke...
It's Debatable: Are intelligent animals entitled to Constitutional protections?
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate on the question: Are...