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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...
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...
Today in History: March 6, Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToday in History Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 66th day of 2024. There are 300 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott ...
Are law students like me too late to help save our democracy? No, history reminds me why.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAs a first-year law student, I have learned a great deal about the Constitution over the past...
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...
Justice Henry Billings Brown and reasonableness in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYou will get a debate among legal pundits (I hesitate to call them scholars) on which was more...
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...
Biden signs bill to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Biden signed a bill on Tuesday that removes the bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice...
Congress votes to remove bust of Justice Roger Taney, author of infamous Dred Scott decision
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBust of Taney AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Congress on Thursday passed legislation calling for the...
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...