tell us who robert cooper greer was and how he falls into this conversation. >> that's dangerous. i wondered if they would alert you to this. you're a supreme court expert. i'm on dangerous ground here. robert cooper greer is considered one of the two or three worst supreme court justices of all time. my name is greer. i'm related to him. fortunately i'm only descended from his brother and not him directly. he was involved in one of the worst incidents in supreme court history. the dredd scott case. robert cooper greer voted for dredd scott. he's the only norer

tell us who robert cooper greer was and how he falls into this conversation. >> that's dangerous. i wondered if they would alert you to this. you're a supreme court expert. i'm on dangerous ground here. robert cooper greer is considered one of the two or three worst supreme court justices of all time. my name is greer. i'm related to him. fortunately i'm only descended from his brother and not him directly. he was involved in one of the worst incidents in supreme court history. the dredd scott case. robert cooper greer voted for dredd scott. he's the only northerner who voted for dredd scott. he did that in a conspiracy with james buchanan. they thought the issue of slavery would be done with. there would be no threat of a civil war. >>> come to order. i want to first thank our expert witness anpanel. your testimony was excellent, very informative. we look forward to your oral testimony and answering of our questions. i want to apologize to everybody for the late start to the hearing. we had a number of votes. as a result, i'm going to ask that my opening statement be entered into

tell us who robert cooper greer was. guest: that is dangerous. i wondered if they would alert you to that. you of course are a supreme court expert. isert cooper grier considered one of the worst supreme court justices of all time. to him.ated fortunately, i am related to his brother. he is involved in one of the worst supreme court incidents in history, the dred scott case, in which african americans had no role in american life. robert cooper grier voted for dred scott. he is the only northerner who voted for dred scott, and he did that in a conspiracy with the incoming president, president james buchanan. they thought that if dred scott lived to be a national decision, that a northerner would vote for it as well, the issue of slavery would be done with. there would be no threat of a civil war. what that showed of course was the limits of the power of vistaprint court decision to, you know -- power of the supreme court decision to change, you know, the mood. to tear the country apart. that is a cautionary tale today. obviously, slavery is a hug

tell us who robert cooper greer was. guest: that is dangerous.d if they would alert you to that. you of course are a supreme court expert. isert cooper grier considered one of the worst supreme court justices of all time. to him.ated fortunately, i am related to his brother. he is involved in one of the worst supreme court incidents in history, the dred scott case, in which african americans had no role in american life. robert cooper grier voted for dred scott. he is the only northerner who voted for dred scott, and he did that in a conspiracy with the incoming president, president james buchanan. they thought that if dred scott lived to be a national decision, that a northerner would vote for it as well, the issue of slavery would be done with. there would be no threat of a civil war. what that showed of course was the limits of the power of vistaprint court decision to, you know -- power of the supreme court decision to change, you know, the mood. to tear the country apart. that is a cautionary tale today. obviously, slavery is a huge, divisiv