Taney
Americannoun
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Chief Justice Roger Taney even drafted an opinion concluding that conscription exceeded Congress’ powers, but no case ever made its way to the U.S.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Slaveholders were eager to get that case before Taney, because that would have nationalized slavery,” Waite said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
That lead to a showdown with Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who said it was Congress - not the executive branch of government - that had the power to suspend the writ.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
But something was lost in the execution of “American Rot,” a flat-footed play by Kate Taney Billingsley, who is an actual descendant of the former chief justice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
When Judge Taney rendered this decision the Constitution was only seventy-two years old—twelve years younger than himself.
From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by Brown, George William
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