Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted.

Twitted on all sides for his wife’s ownership of slaves, Chaffee soon fixed up a technical transfer of the Dred Scott family to his wife’s New York brother, John Sandford, who thus became the ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom ... Emerson's brother, John Sanford, who lived in New York) were citizens from different states. The main issues for the Supreme Court ...

Several states suing Donald Trump over his executive order ending birthright citizenship urged a judge to issue a preliminary ...

The group then cites six cases including Dred Scott v Sandford. The 1857 ruling came a few years before the 1861 outbreak of ...

Taney is best known for his opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, and Meyerson would like to compare Dobbs with Dred Scott. He begins thus: “He was confident that his sweeping opinion, backed by a ...