In 1857, the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, upheld slavery, and stands as one of the Court's ...

The U.S. Supreme Court precisely 164 years ago on March 6, 1857 in the Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford case declared that Blacks “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Kansas ...

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.” ...

An image of Dred Scott, who sued for freedom. The Supreme Court denied his request in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which was decided on March 6, 1857. In his Oct. 2 Outlook essay, "Great résumés don't make ...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said this week the Supreme Court's 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford -- which held that free or enslaved black people were not U.S. citizens -- remains the ...

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 ...

“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 ...

On March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave, was not a U.S. citizen and could not sue for his freedom in federal court. In 1944, U.S. heavy ...

2015-09-22T12:57:04-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/Capitol_default-image.jpgTitle: Dred Scott v. Sandford: Dred & Harriet Scott at Jefferson Barracks ...

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 ...