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The American Address

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by on Jun 28, 2015 in Catholic Bioethics, Contraception & Abortion, Evangelization, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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The 1857 Supreme Court Dred Scott decision said that Dred Scott, his wife, and their unborn child were not human beings, but were property to be bought and sold. Led by proslavery Chief Justice Roger Taney, the Court created a new national constitutional right to own slaves. Taney, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, was […]