According to current legal opinion, the Dred Scott case was the Supreme Court’s worst. The Civil War was waiting in the wings. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes called it a “self-inflicted wound.” ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Martha Jones and Christopher Bracey discussed the legacy of the Dred Scott case and how the decision is seen today. Professors Martha ...

Exactly 151 years ago on April 14, 1873, the U.S. Supreme Court in its Slaughterhouse Cases decision strengthened the premise of the notorious 1857 Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford case. As you might ...

“We should all be embarrassed by the existence of anyone reaching back to the history of slavery and coming up with the Dred Scott decision and dragging it into the conversation,” Dr. Mary Frances ...

March 6 was the anniversary of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the Constitution excluded Blacks (equated with slaves and their ...

The House has approved the removal from the Capitol of the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court decision denying African Americans U.S.

President Biden signed a bill on Tuesday that removes the bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the infamous Dred Scott decision, from the Capitol Building. The bill, which ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Martha Jones and Christopher Bracey discussed the background of the Dred Scott case including the atmosphere in the United States ...

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters outside of Primanti Bros. Restaurant on Aug. 18, 2024, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna ...