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Back to EpisodesSCOTUS Eras: Taney Court
Season 20
Episode 13
Published 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
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.