Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted.

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

Those seeking to undo Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship are looking at past legal cases ...

Dred Scott v. Sandford reached the high tribunal, on appeal, early in 1856. The Court was then made up, along with Chief Justice Taney from Maryland, of four other Southern Justices — Campbell ...

In the executive order attacking the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump is making the same arguments that the framers of the 14th Amendment heard and explicitly rejected more ...

Taney is best known for his opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, and Meyerson would like to compare Dobbs with Dred Scott. He begins thus: “He was confident that his sweeping opinion, backed by a ...