Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Martha Jones and Christopher Bracey discussed the legacy of the Dred Scott case and how the decision is seen today. Professors Martha ...

Exactly 151 years ago on April 14, 1873, the U.S. Supreme Court in its Slaughterhouse Cases decision strengthened the premise of the notorious 1857 Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford case. As you might ...

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.” ...

Editor’s Note: A professor of law at Yale University, Fred Rodell’s latest book, is Nine Men, a political history of the U.S. Supreme Court. A RESPONSIBLE if somewhat sectionally slanted journal was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 our history — even when it’s discriminatory — remembering and teaching ...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Get Out the Vote Rally on March 2 in Richmond, Va. Steve Beckett Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Get Out the Vote Rally on March 2 in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Martha Jones and Christopher Bracey discussed the background of the Dred Scott case including the atmosphere in the United States ...

Believe it or not, the National Federation of Republican Assemblies is arguing in 2024 that Nikki Haley, Vice President Harris and Vivek Ramaswamy aren’t eligible for the White House. USA Today ...

“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 ...