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Dred Scott decision majority ruling by Supreme Court that a slave is property and not a U.S. citizen (1857). [Am. Hist.: Payton, 203] See : Injustice How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In a famous passage, he invoked the ghost of Roger Taney, author of the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Board of Education, which dumped nearly a century of ``settled law'' and precedent by overturning the racist Dred Scott ruling. That is why, in one of the debates, Bush signaled (with a mention of the Dred Scott case) that he would appoint anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court. |
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