It’s Law! Dred Scott’s (In)Justice Taney is headed Outta the Capitol

Washington Post:

Biden signs bill to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author from Capitol

A bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney at the U.S. Capitol in March 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

By Amy B Wang and Marianna Sotomayor

December 27, 2022

President Biden on Tuesday signed a bill that would remove a bust at the U.S. Capitol of Roger B. Taney, the chief justice who wrote the majority Supreme Court opinion protecting slavery in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
The measure passed the House and Senate by voice votes this month.

It directs the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove Taney’s bust no more than 45 days after the bill is signed into law. The bill would also direct the committee to replace Taney’s bust with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice.

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