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My argument would be that if anyone was guilty of activism

Posted on: October 22, 2019 at 13:38:29 CT
Mormad MU
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it was Taney.

He dismissed Dred Scott's case on procedural grounds. There was no reason to opine on the legality of the Missouri Compromise, but he did so anyway.

The majority held that negroes could not be American citizens, whether enslaved or free, and therefore did not have standing to sue in federal court. That should have ended the decision.
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Was Dred Scott properly decided? Given the constitution as - hokie VT - 10/22 12:55:36
     Here's something people don't know. In 1781 - GA Tiger MU - 10/22 14:48:45
     SCOTUS for the first 70 years was controlled - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:17:27
          So you're arguing fairness and racism instead of the - hokie VT - 10/22 13:28:49
               No, I'm arguing the facts on the ground - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:29:54
                    Voted in elections, really? So your argument is that - hokie VT - 10/22 13:33:43
                         My argument would be that if anyone was guilty of activism - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:38:29
                              I agree that his writings on the missouri compromise were - hokie VT - 10/22 13:42:52
                                   Probably so - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:49:40
                                        Excellent point re moving to a free state, if that had been - hokie VT - 10/22 13:59:16
                                             That was Scott's argument.. - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 14:56:30
                                             That was essentially Scott's argument - Mormad MU - 10/22 14:02:42
                              Correct, but Taney took it a step further and he was trying - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:42:19
                                   Which has nothing to do with the merits of the case. nm - hokie VT - 10/22 13:43:43
                                        He made it part of the case, so of course it does - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:45:27
                                             As I said, Taney was being the "activist" - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:52:38
                         Lol, he was a bigot. Roger Taney tried to say that - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:36:39
                              Never said he wasn't a bigot. I only said that that is all - hokie VT - 10/22 13:40:48
                                   You've ignored every thing else I said. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 10/22 13:41:17
                                        The make-up of the court was pro-slave State - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:43:52
                                             Ideology is important say the libs re SCOTUS. They - hokie VT - 10/22 13:52:57
                                                  That's because you're misinterpreting what I said - Mormad MU - 10/22 13:58:01
                                                       Apologies. I did not mean to suggest that you advocated - hokie VT - 10/22 14:04:47
                                                            I would think, sitting on the court would be difficult - Mormad MU - 10/22 14:07:45
                                                                 I'm starting to wonder if it has always been thus. The - hokie VT - 10/22 14:16:48
                                                                      I think it depends on whether your ox is being gored - Mormad MU - 10/22 14:23:18
     Excerpt from tanney. - hokie VT - 10/22 12:58:16
          is this a topic from last nights KKK meeting? - ashtray UF - 10/22 13:01:03
               lol (nm) - TigerJackSwartz MU - 10/22 13:07:07
               If incapable of reasoned debate, please shut up. nm - hokie VT - 10/22 13:02:07
                    if you held yourself to that standard - pickle MU - 10/22 13:07:16
                    oh, it's not me I'm worried about - ashtray UF - 10/22 13:03:35
                    Yet you vomited the OP...... - mizzoumurfkc KC - 10/22 13:03:21
                         Can you address the issue, or merely signal your - hokie VT - 10/22 13:08:55




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