The case before the court was that of Dred Scott ... Taney -- a staunch supporter of slavery and intent on protecting southerners from northern aggression -- wrote in the Court's majority opinion ...

Taney -- a staunch supporter of slavery -- wrote the "majority opinion ... Supreme Court's decision, the former master's sons purchased Scott and his wife and set them free. Dred Scott died ...

We say the dicta and not the decision ... DRED SCOTT to maintain the suit, because he was no citizen -- nobody but a citizen being allowed to sue in a United States Court. Only three of them ...

There seem to be three camps of people in this country when it comes to reliving U.S. history: Those on the side of embracing ...

that the judges of the Supreme Court have come to a decision in the case of DRED SCOTT, which involves the consitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

1857—Chief Justice Taney’s ruling in Dred Scott marks the Supreme Court ... and the theoretical opinions of individuals are allowed to control its meaning, we have no longer a Constitution ...

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...