their majority over one chamber of congress and go forth into the gridlock, they ve managed to accomplish something that has been a very long time coming. it has to do with this guy, former supreme court chief justice roberts or brooke tani who wrote one of the most shameful rulings in supreme court history, the dred scott decision. brett scott was an enslaved man who sued for his freedom in 1846 on the basis that he had lived for four years and parts of america where slavery was illegal. when the supreme court ruled against him in 1857 chief justice tani wrote the majority opinion, one of the clear that people of african descent, whether born free or enslaved, we re not american citizens. the chief justice wrote that ruling a few years before the start of the civil war, and delivered it in a room in the u.s. capital which is where the supreme court met at the time. the room is still there. it has been restored to look
has been a very long time coming. it has to do with this guy, former supreme court chief justice roberts or brooke tani who wrote one of the most shameful rulings in supreme court history, the dred scott decision. brett scott was an enslaved man who sued for his freedom in 1846 on the basis that he had lived for four years and parts of america where slavery was illegal. when the supreme court ruled against him in 1857 chief justice tani wrote the majority opinion, one of the clear that people of african descent, whether born free or enslaved, we re not american citizens. the chief justice wrote that ruling a few years before the start of the civil war, and delivered it in a room in the u.s. capital which is where the supreme court met at the time. the room is still there. it has been restored to look just the way it did in the 19th century when that awful dred scott opinion was delivered. and in the entry point to that room which is now kind of a shrine to the u.s. justice system, and