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Roger B. Taney (pronounced "Tawny") succeeded John Marshall as Chief Justice following Marshall's death in 1835. Taney lead the Court from March 28, 1836 until October 12, 1864.

He is, perhaps, best remembered for authoring the opinion in Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857), the case that declared African-Americans could never be United States' citizens and had no standing to sue for their freedom. He also invalidated Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional because it violated slave owners Fifth Amendment rights under the Takings Clause and the Due Process Clause. The Dred Scott case escalated tensions between abolitionists and slave owners, and is considered one of the catalysts the started the US Civil War.

Ironically, Taney also voted with the majority in the case of The Amistad, 40 US 518 (1841) (authored by Justice Joseph Story), which declared, among other things, that the African slaves aboard the Amistad were kidnapped illegally and were never the lawful property of Spain. Taney was instrumental in having the slaves repatriated to Africa.

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John Marshall succeeded third Chief Justice of the United States, Oliver Ellsworth, in 1801. President Washington appointed Ellsworth to the position in 1796, after the Senate rejected his recess appointment of John Rutledge in December 1795.

Ellsworth graciously resigned as Chief Justice in September 1800, in order to ensure President John Adams had an opportunity to appoint a Federalist party Chief Justice before the end of his first term, in March 1801. This was a wise strategy, as Adams lost the 1800 Presidential election to his rival, Thomas Jefferson.

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Judicial Review, among other things. Marshall strengthened the power of the federal government over the states in a number of decisions that reinforced or extended Congress' regulatory powers.

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