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Anyone else pissed at Roger Taney? (Original Post) Ocelot II Jun 2025 OP
I think he died. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 #1
Does that matter? Renew Deal Jun 2025 #2
You wouldn't say that if you were Roger Taney. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 #4
Roger Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States jmowreader Jun 2025 #13
Who's he? mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #3
Had to look him up Attilatheblond Jun 2025 #6
Ah never mind, just found him on wikipedia. mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #7
I need to go back and study basic u.s. history. mwmisses4289 Jun 2025 #9
I'm even more pissed at markodochartaigh Jun 2025 #5
Yes, and thankfully, his misdeeds are analyzed and discussed on an ongoing basis in law schools across the country. still-prayin4rain Jun 2025 #8
Well, anyone that voted for Dred Scott decision, yes... Albeit I had no idea who those Justices were... hlthe2b Jun 2025 #10
No, but I just remembered someone stillcool Jun 2025 #11
(I changed his name to "Pat Puke-Cannon.")..... lastlib Jun 2025 #19
yup...skeevy stillcool Jun 2025 #20
Pissed at him over Dred Scott? Yes. Justice Brandeis Jun 2025 #12
I've driven through Taneytown, MD. It's Klan territory. madinmaryland Jun 2025 #14
I find that recreational outrage and hatred aren't healthy Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #15
I'm still fuming about Blackstone's abandonment of Coke's reasoning Ocelot II Jun 2025 #16
....as you should be. lastlib Jun 2025 #18
Yes, and I really want the name..... lastlib Jun 2025 #17
I am. He made the world safe for John Roberts. NNadir Jun 2025 #21

jmowreader

(52,906 posts)
13. Roger Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:44 PM
Jun 2025

He's the person who authored the Dred Scott Decision.

Attilatheblond

(8,317 posts)
6. Had to look him up
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:22 PM
Jun 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Taney]

Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/ TAW-nee; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Prior to joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Taney served as the U.S. attorney general and U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson. He was the first Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.[1]

mwmisses4289

(3,265 posts)
7. Ah never mind, just found him on wikipedia.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:22 PM
Jun 2025

5th chief Justice of scotus, rendered the Dred Scott decision.

still-prayin4rain

(525 posts)
8. Yes, and thankfully, his misdeeds are analyzed and discussed on an ongoing basis in law schools across the country.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:25 PM
Jun 2025

hlthe2b

(112,839 posts)
10. Well, anyone that voted for Dred Scott decision, yes... Albeit I had no idea who those Justices were...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:26 PM
Jun 2025

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
11. No, but I just remembered someone
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:35 PM
Jun 2025

I'm still pissed at. Pat Buchanan. He probably started my use of the two-handed eff fingers to the television. The face was yuck, but the sound of his voice was merciless. There's probably more names that could light up that pissy energy but it requires mind sifting in the past which is best left alone

lastlib

(27,566 posts)
19. (I changed his name to "Pat Puke-Cannon.").....
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 03:17 PM
Jun 2025

That's what he was. He did nothing but spew high-velocity vomit from his frontal orifice.

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
20. yup...skeevy
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 03:29 PM
Jun 2025

it was the still pissed at Ralph Nader post that had him pop into my head. Kind of relieved there was a prompt.

 

Justice Brandeis

(405 posts)
12. Pissed at him over Dred Scott? Yes.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:39 PM
Jun 2025

But he was dead on in ruling that Lincoln needed to get congressional approval to suspend habeas corpus.

Also, Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) was a good decision.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prigg_v._Pennsylvania

lastlib

(27,566 posts)
17. Yes, and I really want the name.....
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 03:12 PM
Jun 2025

...of his namesake county in my state changed. The only thing that should be named for that guy is a small tombstone.

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