Notable Justices

  • Period: to

    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

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