dred scott

     

Britannica said the court's ruling in his case "seemed a mortal blow to the newly created Republican Party"

Trivia about dred scott

  • In 1857 a 7-2 ruling said this man couldn't bring a suit in the federal court, as blacks were not U.S. citizens
  • Famous slave who sued for his freedom in 1857
  • In 1850 a St. Louis jury said that this man's prior residence in Wisconsin & Illinois had made him a free man
  • The 1857 decision named for this plaintiff ruled that slaves did not have the right to sue in federal courts
  • The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War
  • The Supreme Court held that blacks couldn't claim U.S. citizenship in the 1857 decision named for this man
  • Some historians consider the 1857 decision in this slave v. Sanford to be the worst ever rendered by the Supreme Court
  • In 1857 antislavery forces were set back when the Supreme Court decided the case of this man vs. Sandford
  • 2 days after James Buchanan's Inauguration, the Supreme Court announced its decision regarding this man
  • This 1857 Supreme Court decision permitted slavery in all U.S. territories
  • In 1846 he tried to sue Eliza Emerson in St. Louis for his & his family's freedom
  • Make the "decision" to name this man, seen here
  • In 1857 the Supreme Court denied this slave his freedom, bringing the U.S. closer to Civil War
  • "Subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 which denied citizenship to the Negro"
  • In May 1857, 2 months after the Supreme Court ruled against him, this slave & his family were freed

Tweets about dred scott

  • @DubyaBee1 @golfnut332 @SandraFluke It was purely political; 5-4. Remember Dred Scott???
  • RT @Only4RM: .@MOSPDC @IsaiahLCarter Folks swear Dred Scott is in effect & Gilbert's coming back with a claim. Cuz you KNOW what his LETTER…
  • .@MOSPDC @IsaiahLCarter Folks swear Dred Scott is in effect & Gilbert's coming back with a claim. Cuz you KNOW what his LETTER sounded like!
  • This statue of Dred Scott and his wife is outside of the St. Louis courthouse where he first argued…
  • Old Courthouse, St. Louis. Location of the Dred Scott Decision #history #stlouis @ Old Courthouse
  • A decision can be overturned by a constitutional amendment 14th Amendment overturned Dred Scott v. Sanford.
  • @mc79hockey they weren't deciding political issues in the Warren court era? It's been a political body since Dred Scott. Probably before.
  • @JeffCowboyseabe This decision, like Dred Scott, is just one more example of conservatives having a short-term 'win' they'll lose eventually
  • RT @_FHSBaseball: VFW, Mon- at Chan HS at 5. Tues- at Donaldson Field vs Richfield at 5:30. Wed is home at 5:30 vs MPLSW. Th is at Dred Sco…
  • VFW, Mon- at Chan HS at 5. Tues- at Donaldson Field vs Richfield at 5:30. Wed is home at 5:30 vs MPLSW. Th is at Dred Scott 1 vs Bl at 6:00.
  • @SpryGuy The SCOTUS has made bad decisions b4: Roe v Wade, Dred Scott
  • The Supreme Court's 2012 ObamaCare ruling is the Dred Scott decision of the 21st century.
  • Is SCOTUS's Harris v. Quinn Ruling on a New Version of the Infamous Dred Scott Decision? | Alternet
  • #6: Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott: Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott...
  • RT @indie1031: BROADCASTING 7-9AM (PT) “Retrograde w/ Dred Scott” @IndieRetrograde #INDIE1031
  • ♬ # Memory of Melodies feat. Dred Scott & Adriana Evans / DJ Deckstream ♪ #nowplaying
  • .@downtownstlouis is a fun history lesson if you look for it. Baseball, architecture, culture, Lewis and Clark, Courthouse (Dred Scott), etc
  • the Dred Scott decision, by which a learned and subtle judge,
  • Hey the Supreme Court decided Dred Scott. What's done is done. #christieanswers
  • Just remember it took a Civil War and a Constitutional Amendment to get rid of the Dred Scott decision. #Maddow
  • Hobby Lobby ruling is the Dred Scott ruling of the 21st Century.
  • me: nobody could make a ruling dumber than dred scott alito: watch this *pulls levers on hyperdrive, millennium falcon leaps back a century*
  • RT @BasicMountain: The Dred Scott court would be proud.
  • Dred Scott laugh
  • Let's all remember that the Supreme Court has made horrendous decisions before (i.e. Dred Scott). This is far from over @HobbyLobbyStore!!!
  • The Dred Scott court would be proud.
  • Citizens United. #HobbyLobby. Is this the worst supreme court since the one that gave us Dred Scott decision? Discuss.
  • @SCOTUSblog Once again SCOTUS displays not so sage or judicious or constitutional judgment. No surprise there.. Right there with Dred Scott.
  • Blue Print Exposing Prison Industry in Illinois and Maryland Dred Scott
  • @DavidVanBiema Liberals grateful for a Dred Scott decision re women's rights? LOL!
  • @mcbroomifer @TheShyGhost This SCOTUS in the running 4 worst ever. You can't really top Dred Scott dec 4 worst, but these r close behind.
  • RT @DLoesch: I don't bank on the Supreme Court. I live in the city where Dred Scott was battled.
  • " The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision on Sanford v. Dred Scott, a case that intensified national...
  • .@ConservativeLA I think Dred Scott was overturned by Grant v. Lee at Appomatox Court House, not SCOTUS.
  • The Dred Scott SCOTUS. They are on the wrong side of justice and history.
  • RT @ConservativeLA: "The majority, Kagan wrote, has no justification for even considering overturning a precedent nearly four decades old."…
  • "The majority, Kagan wrote, has no justification for even considering overturning a precedent nearly four decades old." Uh, Dred Scott?
  • Tough to think of a more destructive #SCOTUS than the Roberts Court, though I guess there's still time to hit Dred-Scott level lows
  • Even worse, @SCOTUSblog still hasn’t apologized for Dred Scott
  • @Care2 Another 5 - 4 decision by the worst SCOTUS since the one that made the Dred Scott Decision.
  • RT @TheMisterTucker: If this SCOTUS presided in 1850s, they would've said Dred Scott was "a step in the right direction". & then enforce sl…
  • @mikeallenlong @Mythicmaster We're seeing what amounts to one Dred Scott decision after another from this court. A slow-motion fascist coup
  • This decision is the worst ever from the most corrupt SCOTUS ever. Worse than Dred Scott and that is how they...
  • In 50 years, the current #scotus decisions will be read like Dred Scott, Muller, and Lochner.
  • With all the talk of the "worst" SC decision ever in my timelines, I'm trying to figure out why Dred Scott is back in the news. #perspective
  • *painting a portrait of Dred Scott using materials shoplifted from a Hobby Lobby*
  • RT @CommissaryORL: Research Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Roe v. Wade to see what was constitutional then.
  • @SCOTUSblog Thanks for destroying freedom. Something something Dred Scott. It's no wonder you didn't give yourselves press credentials.
  • Citizens United is still the Dred Scott of our day, #HobbyLobby it's misbegotten progeny.
  • Research Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Roe v. Wade to see what was constitutional then.