Taney
Americannoun
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If the phrase “all men are created equal” was meant to include black people, Taney reasoned, why had so many Founders owned slaves?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
By the late 1850s, Northerners were equally fed up with the Supreme Court, which under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was seen as a rubber stamp for slaveholders’ goals.
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
Taney, Roger B., removes the deposits, 130; afterward made chief justice, 131; criticised by Benton for his opinion in Dred Scott case, 358.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt
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