Happily, for the whole human family, their rights have been defined, declared, and decided in a court higher than the Supreme Court. Frederick Douglass, Speech on the Dred Scott Decision, May 1857 ...

Descendants of the former Supreme Court justice who supported slavery applauded the change during a City Council meeting.

Taney authored the majority opinion in the 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, a case where Scott sought freedom due to having lived in a free state. Taney wrote that because Scott was Black ...

If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.

On November 6, Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election in a landslide, winning all Swing States and the popular vote.

By extending citizenship to those born in the U.S., the 14th Amendment nullified the Supreme Court’s 1857 decision in Dred ...

The face of oppression may change, but the need to fight back has not. Throughout history, the courtroom has served as a battleground for civil rights—look no further than landmark cases like Dred ...

By extending citizenship to those born in the U.S., the 14th Amendment nullified the Supreme Court’s 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that those who descended from enslaved ...