Yes, the elderly Taney was Chief Justice, and he had framed those words about the status of black people that so angered the Abolitionists.
The chief justice in the Dred Scott case was Roger B. Taney.
Roger Taney
Roger Taney - ironically a one-tme abolitionist.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when Dred Scott decision was made
He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision.
Roger Taney
The Chief US Supreme Justice at the time of the Dred Scott decision was Justice Taney. He wrote the majority decision that proclaimed that Blacks in the USA could never be citizens. It was a 7 to 2 decision.
Yes, Roger Taney was the Chief Justice of the United States during the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision in 1857. He famously authored the majority opinion in the case, which declared that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
not- Roger Taney handed down the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.
Taney led the U.S. Supreme Court as Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision.