taney himself knew this. he pens what was called the secret opinion, he writes his second dred scott decision, hoping that another case will, -- will, and that he can clarify his position and that he can make good. the case might not have given us the civil war, but it required a constitutional revolution. it set in place this bar against free black citizenship that had to be resolved. it was the civil war that gives us the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, but whatever the course of history might have been, that revolution was for the nation to go forward. host: that is it. thank you for being here. thank you for your questions. we will be back next week for the third in our landmark cases. ♪ announcer: c-span's history series, landmark cases, season two, will look at the significance of the supreme court decision heard in 1819. are anng this case associate law professor at the university of virginia, and the university of arkansas professor . watch landmark cases live monday, february 26, at 9:00 p.m. on c-s

what is interesting about working backwards from taney to marshall is that many scholars look at taney's dred scott opinion and say, how could the chief justice right this? or they say, by this time he was a very old man and he is writing an opinion that should not be taken -- that should not destroy as career, because he was great justice before this. some scholars say taney's opinion is an aberration. what is he remembered for? user members were arguing in dred scott, asserting that the constitution does not allow african-americans to be citizens , even if they are born free, even if they are living in a state where they are allowed to vote and hold public office and participate completely in all of the civic and citizenship related rights of white people, he says they are not citizens. and this is shocking. and yet, it shouldn't be because when taney was attorney general of the united states, he sent a memo to andrew jackson saying that free blacks cannot be citizens of the united states. scott, heid in dred had already said 25 years earlier, and he had said this in different ways thr

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four minutes later braman finally broke the deadlock in johansen not make him the keeper chris gemma taney out while brave and celebrated hamburg players protested demanding a video review and they had a case bellfield looked to be in an offside position as the ball was struck and put pressure on the vic fun drunk who put the ball into his own net but the end goal stood and won braman the dobie they rise to fourteenth in the table while hamburg failed to win for the eleventh game running. frankfurt are set on playing in europe next season and could even end of runners up by a new nick coach. appears to have found the right mix and the side have only lost once in their last eleven much as the same can be said for start they had. i'm finding their form leaving them in the wrong end of the table but the future has been looking brighter. took over the club three games to three games that he's been in charge could they put a dent in frankfurt's plans to move up the table. time for the flying high underneath but the new stuttgart wanted to continue their mini revival under coach tyson and it was

hollaback side were disciplined they kept their opponents at arm's length and even keep a christian man taneyas somewhat underemployed even needed to warm up again during the break but then everything changed norman came out firing in the second half in the forty ninth minute christine palisade set up but they found the net for the third time in a black in yellow shirts the for. life in the bundesliga suits him well the then in stoppage time dorman made the game safe and racial or played in mario gazza and he beat montagne to make it to nil. the marker royce a successful comeback woodson as it was very emotional and exciting for i'm really pleased to get back on the pitch after a long time out of the country to try to help the team as much as i could i think the win shows everything's fine and i'm happy. this is anonymous former c.e.o. dortmund remain unbeaten in the league and a pe to show what's more this was their five hundredth home when. that's the news update will be back at the top of the hour for now we'll leave you with all the stanley you can handle as kind of the ninety s. a specia

robin taney, joseph story and chief justice john marshall.n a talk on his new book, "supreme injustice: slavery in the nation's highest court," he argues that rulings by these three justices prolonged slavery in the united states. this event was hosted by the national archives and is about one hour.

church.me from he realizes that it's taney's. overcome by if spirit, he writes this spectacular dissent and predicts willsome day the decision be viewed in infamy. that's the civil rights case. much to say about this. but i want the audience to understand the legal stakes. what grounds did the majority hold that congress lacked the power to pass the civil rights act of 1875, and what was the grounds for harlan's dissent? to start with harlan's dissent. what a name. marshall harlan, i think channeledt better john marshall, because what did john marshall say in mccullough? congressold you, should have broad power. the constitution doesn't say bank. doesn't say air force. it doesn't say individual mandate. congress should have broad power when implementing the which theoses for constitution was established, at the founding. what's that purpose? national security above all. and a bank is useful for national security. are helpful to win wars. and marshall mentions that in mccullough. federale civil war, the government is basically giv

robin taney, joseph story and chief justice john marshall. in a talk on his new book, "supreme injustice: slavery in the nation's highest court," he argues that rulings by these three justices prolonged slavery in the united states. this event was hosted by the national archives and is about one hour. mr. ferriero: for most people long out of school thinking back on u.s. history dredges up memories of lessons on the revolutionary war, the establishment of the constitution, and the war of 1812, and then jumps to the beginnings of the civil war. the in between times may be indistinct but they saw the emergence of an increasingly divided nation. throughout this time, the federal government, time and time again, had to deal with the questions of slavery and its expansion. among the the voluminous records of the federal courts in the national archives, are hundreds of freedom suits, cases brought by slaves seeking to obtain their freedom. one such case initiated by dred scott in 1846 made it all the way to the supreme court where the final decisio