Heirs of ‘odious’ 167-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels

Charlie Taney, the great-great-grandnephew of the man who wrote the Dred Scott opinion, and Lynne Jackson Scott

Descendants of Dred Scott and Chief Justice Roger Taney spoke about reconciliation at a church in the shadow of the Supreme Court last week as the high court wrestled with race and who can be an American.

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