The Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How. #History #DredScottDecision #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24601-en/
Dred Scott Decision

The Dred Scott Decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) was the infamous ruling of the United States Supreme Court that, according to the US Constitution, Black people were not...

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On first blush, #trumpVanderson decision by #SCOTUS is rather more obviously #partisan and #corrupt than the #DredScottDecision.

It exactly displays the logical and moral #bankruptcy of the #RobertsCourt. Three members of the majority were appointed by the appellant, and a fourth has more #COI than Niigata. #Recusal? Perish the thought!

The "unanimous"—but unsigned—decision was originally based on a dissension. Every jurist has compromised their record.

#ExpandTheCourt or #impeachthemall

@msquebanh I had a moment yesterday. I’ve thought for a while that #stlouis is cursed at least because of the #DredScottDecision but yesterday I recalled that #missouri enslavers and friends killed #abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy and threw his printing press in the Mississippi up at Alton, #illinois just across the river. And then there’s all those native people’s mounds that were excavated and now relive as Victorian brick buildings.🥺😖

Excellent! Awaiting Biden's signature right now:

S.5229 - A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/5229

#DredScott #DredScottDecision #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #racism #racist #ThurgoodMarshall #RogerBrookeTaney

Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author

And replace it with a bust of the late, civil rights attorney and Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-us-supreme-court-thurgood-marshall-government-and-politics-d3aa19f38504a9af09cadfbb54f7228e
#BlackHistoryMonth #ThurgoodMarshall #DredScottdecision
#Racerules

Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that calls for removing from the Capitol a bust of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision that held African-Americans were not citizens.

Associated Press