Taney

American  

[taw-nee] / ˈtɔ ni /

noun

1. Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.

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Example Sentences

But Lincoln spent rather little energy condemning Taney’s citizenship passage.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

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

Billingsley populated her play with wives and children of both men, the original rivals Roger Brooke Taney and Dred Scott, and the character Chief Standing Bear.

From Seattle Times