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Under the Ron Paul-ACLU worldview, Lincoln could not order Union troops to fire on Confederates without a trial and should have released them all from military prison because they remained citizens a view shared, incidentally, by Chief Justice Roger Taney, the author of Dred Scott v.
From Gettysburg to Anwar al-Awlaki John Yoo 2011
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The state would be living up to the legacy of native son Roger Taney, author of the infamous Dred Scott decision.
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And the only justification I've ever heard for it, was that Roger Taney, the chief justice, and the majority thought that by deciding that, they would avoid the Civil War.
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Breyer said Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney had a political motive: he wanted to prevent Civil War.
Jon Wiener: Justice Stephen Breyer: Supreme Court Is "Not Political" Jon Wiener 2010
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And the only justification I've ever heard for it, was that Roger Taney, the chief justice, and the majority thought that by deciding that, they would avoid the Civil War.
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So when Chief Justice Roger Taney finally attempted to settle the matter, with his infamous opinion in Dred Scott v.
Van Gosse: Birthright Citizenship Is Bedrock Americanism Van Gosse 2010
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We've got a Supreme Court that upholds racist laws just like it did under Roger Taney in the Dred Scott decision that 8-to-1 decision.
Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Randy Credico vs Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 2) 2010
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Breyer said Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney had a political motive: he wanted to prevent Civil War.
Jon Wiener: Justice Stephen Breyer: Supreme Court Is "Not Political" 2010
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We've got a Supreme Court that upholds racist laws just like it did under Roger Taney in the Dred Scott decision that 8-to-1 decision.
Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Randy Credico vs Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 2) 2010
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Chief Justice Roger Taney, a Catholic, was nominated in 1836.
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