So, during the election of 1860, Lincoln argued that Dred Scott was not binding on the country ... Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images How does today's situation involving Trump differ?

The Naturalization Act of 1790 applied citizenship only to “free white persons,” and the Supreme Court’s reviled decision in Dred Scott v Sandford ... (AFP via Getty Images) In recent ...

So, during the election of 1860, Lincoln argued that Dred Scott was not binding on the country ... Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images How does today’s situation involving Trump differ?

Images of this violence toward demonstrators were broadcast ... He thanked those in attendance on Thursday, including his friend Lynne Jackson, who is a direct descendant of Dred Scott, the enslaved ...

In 1952, letters and family pictures were dropped from an aircraft ... and was perhaps the most important court case involving slavery before Dred Scott 16 years later. The schooner was traveling ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856 ...

Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, is working to keep his legacy alive. Jackson is also the founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation. A 9-foot-tall monument stands in ...

President Donald Trump should follow Abraham Lincoln in responding to judicial overreach, former appeals court clerk Josh ...

Andrew Scott is currently starring in the Olivier Award-winning Vanya at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. See photos of Andrew ...