Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 8: The Dred Scott decision and radical-right judicial activism
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Given the radical shift of the Supreme Court against voting rights in recent years, it’s worth recalling what was surely the most destructive and radical decision of the Supreme Court, the Dred Scott decision of 1857. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that Black men and women “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect“ in the US Constitution.
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 8: The Dred Scott decision and radical-right judicial activism
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 8…
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2022, April 8: The Dred Scott decision and radical-right judicial activism
Given the radical shift of the Supreme Court against voting rights in recent years, it’s worth recalling what was surely the most destructive and radical decision of the Supreme Court, the Dred Scott decision of 1857. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that Black men and women “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect“ in the US Constitution.