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Peripheral matter: In a recent CSpan carried speech by new Chief
Roberts to NWestern Univ. Law School (on 2/7/07, if memory serves)
Roberts was asked in the Q&A if there was any justice in the history of
the SCt that he would like to speak with. He said it might be
interesting to speak with justices who unintentionally wrote what has
come to be regarded as the worst opinions in SCt history--citing
specifically the Dred Scott opinion. Roberts noted Taney's good
intention of trying to avert a civil war with his compromise but in his
comments Roberts clearly recognized the decision as a disaster.
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:52 PM
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Subject: Re: More history - Quick Question re: Taney County MO
But that decision was 20 years later - 1857 (and the Dred Scot holding
found
nothing wrong with the 1820 Missouri Compromise's permitting Missouri to
be
a slave state; it was the forbidding slavery in other territory that
Taney
held unconstitutional).
The irony is that Taney himself was opposed to slavery and took steps to
free his slaves. But his deep-seated prejudice against Africans and
African-Americans no doubt influenced an unnecessary, overreaching
decision
that casts a huge shadow on a judge who was in most respects a worthy
successor to the great Chief Justice Marshall.
Robert
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From: "White, Nancy Jean" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Quick Question re: Taney County MO
Maybe because of his stand on federal involvement in slavery? The Dred
Scot
(which he wrote) decision said the fed gov involvement in slavery was
limited. I think this decision or some other decision of his was
important
in saying the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional allowing Missouri
or
parts of it to be a slave state. That is about as far as my history
memory
goes here!
Nancy White
Central Michigan University
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of
Terence
Lau
Sent: Fri 3/2/2007 11:22 AM
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Subject: Quick Question re: Taney County MO
Colleagues,
Would anyone happen to know why Taney County, MO, was named for CJ Roger
B.
Taney in 1837, one year after his appointment? I'm doing some research
into Taney, and as far as I can tell he didn't stray far from his native
Maryland.
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Terence Lau
Assistant Professor, Business Law
Management and Marketing Department
University of Dayton
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