Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted.

During a confirmation hearing for nominees chosen for high-profile posts within the Department of Justice, two of President ...

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A new op-ed from a pair of conservative legal experts only raises unflattering questions about the direction of the right's juridical scholarship.

Signs for the Philadelphia street previously named after Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the infamous "Dred Scott" ...

Dred Scott v. Sandford reached the high tribunal, on appeal, early in 1856. The Court was then made up, along with Chief Justice Taney from Maryland, of four other Southern Justices — Campbell ...

Taney, the former U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote what many legal scholars, judges and lawyers regard as the worst ...

John Sauer, who represented the president in his immunity case before the Supreme Court, suggested there were “extreme cases” that may raise questions about whether government officials should follow ...

In 1857, the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision had held that no black of African descent (free or slave) could be a citizen of the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment was thus necessary to ...

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