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Justice Roger Taney
Appointed by: Andrew Jackson
Preceded by: John Marshall
Succeeded by: Salmon Chase
Party: Federalist Radical views, first Roman Catholic
Viewed as enemy by Lincoln Beliefs/Cases:
- Federal government had no right to limit slavery (Dred Scott)
- Private property had a social responsibility, and contracts made by the legislature should be construed in the public interest (Charles River Bridge)
- State and national government share power
- State rights