Those Other Supreme Court Justices in the Dred Scott Decision: Seven Voted Against Dred Scott and All Seven Were Democrats

As I said in the last post, only one of the Supreme Court Justices who voted on the Dred Scott Decision, was not a Democrat.  Benjamin Robbins Curtis (Massachusetts) who was a Whig.

The other justices  and state they were from:

Roger Taney  (Maryland)

John McLean  (Ohio)

James Moore Wayne  (Georgia)

John Catron  (Tennessee)

Peter Vivian Daniel  (Virginia)

Samuel Nelson  (New York)

Robert Cooper Grier  (Pennsylvania)

John Archibald Campbell   (Alabama)

So, five were from slave-holding states.  This means that two from free states also voted with the majority.  I would have expected a 5-4 vote.

So, if you hate Taney for writing the court's decision, you  also might want to think about the other six justices who agreed with him.  But, you have to remember, this was the way of thinking back then.  And, please don't forget that the justices who voted against Dred Scott were Democrats.  This was also the party that kept Blacks down for so long.

--Old Secesh

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues-- Part 4: What About the Other Six Justices Who Voted With Taney?

From the June 30, 2021, Chicago Tribune.

The Roger Taney bust will be replaced with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice to serve on the nation's highest court.  Thurgood Marshall is a very deserving man of an honor, but, I have to ask this question.  Does EVERY thing that's replaced have to be replaced with a black person?

The two-foot high marble bust of Taney is outside a room in the Capitol where the Supreme Court met from 1810 to 1860.  It was in that room that Taney, the nation's fifth chief justice, announced the Dred Scott Decision, sometimes called the worst decision in the court's history.

The Supreme Court held that Scott, as a black man, was not a citizen and therefore had no right to sue for freedom, and found that legislation restricting slavery in certain territories was unconstitutional.

Regardless of how we view it now, the fact is that slaves were considered property at the time and as such did not have the right of a free person.  The Supreme Court voted 7-2 that Scott was not a free man and Taney wrote the opinion.  Now, Taney is held in ill-regard, but, shouldn't also all six members who voted with Taney be held in this esteem.

The other members of the Supreme Court in 1857 were McLean, Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier, Curtis and Campbell.  All were Democrats (notice this, ALL WERE DEMOCRATS) except Curtis who was a Whig.  So Taney and six other Democrats voted that slaves were not citizens.

Benjamin Robbins Curtis and John McLean were the only two who voted against it.  The others obviously were not yet "Woke."

Imagine Democrats Today Being Against Blacks.  --Old Secesh

House Votes to Toss Taney Bust, Confederate Statues

From the June 30, 2021, by Kevin Freking, AO.

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the U.S. Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. Chief Justice best known for a pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy.

The bill passed 285-10.  A similar bill last year passed the House, but failed to get through the Senate.

Of course, most of the voting was along party and racial lines.  Most Democrats and Blacks voted to remove them.

This is one of the least surprising votes ever to happen in that august body.

Now, personally I don't have a problem with the removal of the Confederate statues since they did fight the Union and as such gave up any right to a statue in their honor.

The sad thing though, is that I am sure most of the statues will be replaced with those of Blacks.  I'm okay with some being of Blacks, but come on, aren't there some whites that are also deserving.

The Taney bust is going to be replaced by one for a black man.

--Old Secesh