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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...
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...
Congress approves removing statue of Supreme Court chief justice who wrote Dred Scott decision
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoThe House passed a bill that would remove from public display at the Capitol a statue of the Supreme...
Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe House passed legislation Wednesday that calls for removing from the Capitol a bust of the U.S....
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...
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...
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...
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...