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14 Jan 2014, 5:29 pm by Timothy Sandefur, guest-blogging
Abraham Lincoln showed at tedious length in his Cooper Union speech how flimsy this argument really is, and it is tragic to see that many people today who consider themselves friends of equality and liberty—including even Justice Thurgood Marshall—endorse Taney’s shoddy Dred Scott reasoning. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 1:25 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Many of Lincoln’s tasks after the onset of the Civil War involved appeasement: he had to make sure the touchy border states remained in the Union [ergo he could not speak out too forcefully for emancipation]; he had to make sure Britain and France did not join the war on the side of the South [thus his capitulation on the so-called “Trent Affair”) and he had to ensure that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Roger Taney (author of the notorious Dred Scott decision… [read post]
15 Apr 2018, 3:10 am by NCC Staff
On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died from his assassin’s wounds. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 9:45 am by Mark Graber
  If they followed Abraham Lincoln, they would hold that the due process clause protects the "right" substantive liberties. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 9:08 am by J. Gordon Hylton
Of course, one of the anomalies of that election was that Abraham Lincoln won a solid majority in the Electoral College, even though he received only 39.7% of the popular vote. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 8:18 am by Mark Astarita
 The report also discusses new requirements for NRSROs that took effect in June to address internal controls, conflicts of interest, disclosure of credit rating performance statistics, procedures to protect the integrity and transparency of rating methodologies, disclosures to promote the transparency of credit ratings, and standards for training, experience, and competence of credit analysts.The following SEC staff contributed to the examinations and reports:  Diane Audino, David… [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Conducted at almost the same time as the notorious Dred Scott case, this new trial riveted the nation’s attention. [read post]
7 May 2019, 1:48 pm by Mikhaila Fogel
(Disclosure: Protect Democracy represents Lawfare editors Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith, Scott Anderson and Susan Hennessey on a number of separate matters.) [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 7:06 am by Maxwell Kennerly
As Abraham Lincoln said, "a lawyer's time and advice is his stock in trade. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 4:56 pm by Tom Smith
Grant, Frances Scott Key, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 11:19 am by Nicholas Mosvick
On this day in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred Scott decision along with Benjamin Roberts Curtis. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
  Dred Scott circa 1857, via Wikipedia The outrage in the North over Dred Scott helped propel Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, followed by secession and civil war. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the US Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 11:27 am by Mark Graber
The Abraham Lincoln of the sainted Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil was not entirely unsympathetic with this point of view. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 6:25 am
When Chief Justice of the United States, Taney wrote the opinion for the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. [read post]