SCOTUS Eras: Taney Court

31/10/2025 50 min Temporada 20 Episodio 13
SCOTUS Eras: Taney Court

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 Nia and Aughie talk about the fifth U.S. Supreme Court's Chief Justice, Roger Brooke Taney.  Taney's Court lasted from 1836 - 1864, notably presiding over the Dred Scott case as well as cases that further defined the Commerce Clause and set into stone the idea that the Court should consider the Political Question Doctrine when taking a case.