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Lawyer in frederick county, maryland, taney had defended jacob gruber, an antislavery methodist minister accused of disturbing the peace and inciting rebellion. And in the process, taney had cited the declaration of independence in support of his antislavery views and had actually called slavery a blot on our national character. The author of the unjust judge made much of this type of change of heart, describing taney as failing to live up to his early ideals as well as those of the nations foun...

From 1836 until his death in 1864 and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. Next we discuss chief Justice Taney and how it affected the civil war. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this event. It is a little under an hour. [ applause ] thank you very much, mr. Goldman. Historians like me because,r,n know, every faculty, every respectful law faculty has a legalp5yx historian but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the co...

People, i think. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard on its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical Society has an Educational Outreach mission that includes these lectures. It includes Training Programs for teachers. And it includes the publication of such publications as c...