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Tied for third are Andrew Jackson and William Taft. Old Hickory's most memorable appointment was Roger Taney, the Chief Justice who delivered the majority opinion in the infamous Dred Scott decision, which held that slaves could never be U.S. citizens. Taft has the distinction of cramming more appointments into four years in office than any other President since Washington in his first term. He got six out of six confirmed and (after losing re-election in 1912) was able to see the process from the other side: in 1921 he became the first person to serve as both President...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and nine U.S. appeals court judges presided over a reconsideration of Dred Scott v. Sandford at Harvard Law School Saturday, determining that Scott would likely have had to remain a slave under 1850s law, but that the most significant parts of the Court’s opinion were completely erroneous...
...might be true that Dred Scott would lose the case on jurisdictional grounds,” Amar said, “but not on the ridiculous notion that blacks can never be citizens, or, with respect, the ridiculous idea that Congress could not prohibit slavery in federal territories, or, with respect, the ridiculous idea that freeing slaves violates [property rights...
...Chief Justice William Rehnquist and his court's effect on America's freedoms, which in my view has been detrimental [NATION, June 30]. There's no doubt that Rehnquist will be remembered alongside another, similar Chief Justice--Roger Taney--whose contributions to U.S. civil liberties include the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, which held that slaves and even the free descendants of slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal courts. Rehnquist fancies himself a champion of states' rights and judicial federalism, yet after the 2000 election he pulled together a bare majority of Justices...
...Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and his court's effect on America's freedoms, which in my view has been detrimental [June 30]. There's no doubt that Rehnquist will be remembered alongside another, similar Chief Justice?Roger Taney?whose contributions to U.S. civil liberties include the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, which held that slaves and even the free descendants of slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Rehnquist fancies himself a champion of states' rights and judicial federalism, yet in 2000 he pulled together a bare majority of Justices...