Than most people. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard, its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical Society has an Educational Outreach mission that includes these lectures. It includes Training Programs for teachers. It includes the publication of such publications as court watchers, eyewitness accounts in history which came out a few years ago, which is a general interest history of the court with firsthand anecdotes. My colleagues on the court and i appreciate the societys wide and varied and public understanding of the Supreme Court and our form of government. I could go on about other efforts that the Supreme Court has Historical Society has made in that regard, but you are here for a lecture on chief Justice Roger brooke taney. Tonights lecture is being delive
Until his death in 1864. Majoritydelivered the opinion in the dred scott case. Talks about him and how it was shaped in a changing Political Landscape reading up to the civil war. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this event. It is a little under one hour. [applause] thank you very much, mr. Goldman. Historians like me because every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time, which is what historians can tell us. I use historians more than most people and they like me more than most people. [laughter] well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard on its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical
Us know about the programs youre watching. Call us at 2026263400. Email us or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. Roger b. Taney served as chief justice at the Supreme Court and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. Next, Rhodes College professor tim huebner discusses Public Opinion of chief Justice Taney and how it was shaped. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this event. Its a little under an hour. [ applause ] thank you very much, mr. Goldman. I historians like me because, you know, every faculty, every respectable law faculty has a legal historian on it. But how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time. Which is what historians can tell us. So i use historians more than more people. And they like me more than most people, i think. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this
From 1836 until his death in 1864 and delivered the majority opinion in the controversial dred scott case. Next we discuss chief Justice Taney and how it affected the civil war. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this event. It is a little under an hour. [ applause ] thank you very much, mr. Goldman. Historians like me because,r,n know, every faculty, every respectful law faculty has a legalp5yx historian but how important they are depends on how much you think the history behind the constitution or any other statute depends upon what was the understanding at the time, which is what historians can tell us. So i use history ians more than most people and they like me more than most people, i think. [ laughter ] well, im happy to welcome all of you tor aju i guess t is the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is, as you have heard, on it is its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Cour
People, i think. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard on its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical Society has an Educational Outreach mission that includes these lectures. It includes Training Programs for teachers. And it includes the publication of such publications as court watchers, eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history which came out a few years ago which is a general interest history of the court with firsthand anecdotes. My colleagues on the court and i appreciate the societys wide and varied efforts to improve public understanding of the Supreme Court and of our nations constitutional form of government. I could go on about other efforts that the Supreme Court Historical Society has made in that regard but you are here for a lecture on chief juice