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Was Chief Justice Roger Taney reasonable in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAccording to current legal opinion, the Dred Scott case was the Supreme Court’s worst. The Civil War...
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...
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...
Yet Again, A Judicial Counterrevolution Looks To Chain The Country To An Imagined Past
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe court’s infamous Dred Scott decision and Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion dismantling abortion...
Statue of notorious Dred Scott justice removed from Capitol
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe bust of Roger Taney, the justice who wrote the notorious 1857 Dred Scott decision ruling African...
Behind the scenes in 2000 when Supreme Court liberals thought Nazi and Dred Scott references in gay...
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs he began writing an angry dissent in a gay rights case 23 years ago, Supreme Court Justice John...
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...
Chip Roy invokes Dred Scott to slam Supreme Court border ruling
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who has said Texas should ignore the Supreme Court’s order allowing federal...
Black American "freedom fighters" honored with St. Louis monument
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe hundreds of people who filed lawsuits in Missouri that helped spur an end to slavery are being...
Sonia Sotomayor Reassures Liberals As Conservative Decisions Loom
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJustice Sonia Sotomayor didn’t tell a gathering of liberal lawyers Thursday what will happen in the...