Dred Scott
Coverage of Dred Scott in the Nexus archive.
- Heirs of 'odious' 167-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels
Descendants of Dred Scott and Chief Justice Roger Taney discussed reconciliation at a church near the Supreme Court as the court addressed issues of race and American identity. The event occurred amid the high court's ongoing deliberations on racial and citizenship-related matters.
- The divided Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that children born in the U.S. are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment regardless of parents' immigration status, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order. The decision highlighted divisions among justices, including differing views between Black justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Clarence Thomas' dissent arguing citizenship requires deeper parental ties to the U.S.