Chief Justice Taney
Chief Justice, Roger Taney, in the Dred Scott trial, when it reached the Supreme Court in 1857.
Because the Chief Justice ruled that a man's property was sacred - in the full spirit of the Constitution as the Founding Fathers would have meant it. So property included slaves.
He was Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1971 to 1973.
Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney ruled against Dred Scott in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case because he believed that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not considered citizens according to the U.S. Constitution. Taney also argued that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, thus invalidating the Missouri Compromise.
The plural form of chief justice is chief justices.
The official title is Chief Justice of the United States, but most people refer to the position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.As of 2005, the incumbent Chief Justice is John G. Roberts, Jr.
Chief Justice in Tagalog: Punong Mahistrado
to be nice
Chief Justice of India justice S.H.kapadia
Justice S. H. Kapadia He was the former Chief Justice. At present Justice Altamas Kabir is the CJI (Chief Justice of India).