Anyone else pissed at Roger Taney?

[Ocelot II]

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I think he died. NT

[Renew Deal]

2. Does that matter?

Who is Roger Taney?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. You wouldn't say that if you were Roger Taney. NT

[jmowreader]

13. Roger Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States

He's the person who authored the Dred Scott Decision.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Who's he?

[Attilatheblond]

6. Had to look him up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Taney]

Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/ TAW-nee; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), ruling that African Americans could not be considered U.S. citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the U.S. territories. Prior to joining the U.S. Supreme Court, Taney served as the U.S. attorney general and U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Andrew Jackson. He was the first Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court.[1]

[mwmisses4289]

7. Ah never mind, just found him on wikipedia.

5th chief Justice of scotus, rendered the Dred Scott decision.

[mwmisses4289]

9. I need to go back and study basic u.s. history.

[markodochartaigh]

5. I'm even more pissed at

Arthur Chichester, but yes, I'm severely pissed at Roger Taney.

[still-prayin4rain]

8. Yes, and thankfully, his misdeeds are analyzed and discussed on an ongoing basis in law schools across the country.

[hlthe2b]

10. Well, anyone that voted for Dred Scott decision, yes... Albeit I had no idea who those Justices were...

[stillcool]

11. No, but I just remembered someone

I'm still pissed at. Pat Buchanan. He probably started my use of the two-handed eff fingers to the television. The face was yuck, but the sound of his voice was merciless. There's probably more names that could light up that pissy energy but it requires mind sifting in the past which is best left alone

[lastlib]

19. (I changed his name to "Pat Puke-Cannon.").....

That's what he was. He did nothing but spew high-velocity vomit from his frontal orifice.

[stillcool]

20. yup...skeevy

it was the still pissed at Ralph Nader post that had him pop into my head. Kind of relieved there was a prompt.

[Justice Brandeis]

12. Pissed at him over Dred Scott? Yes.

But he was dead on in ruling that Lincoln needed to get congressional approval to suspend habeas corpus.

Also, Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) was a good decision.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prigg_v._Pennsylvania

[madinmaryland]

14. I've driven through Taneytown, MD. It's Klan territory.

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. I find that recreational outrage and hatred aren't healthy

But yeah, Taney was a major dick.

[Ocelot II]

16. I'm still fuming about Blackstone's abandonment of Coke's reasoning

in Dr. Bonham's Case.

[lastlib]

18. ....as you should be.

It was abominable. Almost deplorable.

[lastlib]

17. Yes, and I really want the name.....

...of his namesake county in my state changed. The only thing that should be named for that guy is a small tombstone.

[NNadir]

21. I am. He made the world safe for John Roberts.