Dred Scott v. Sandford (1957)

What the Dred Scott v. Sandford case meant for black citizenship.

By limiting discussion of the infamous Supreme Court decision, law-school professors risk minimizing the role of racism in American history.

What Dred Scott teaches us about thwarting bad law.

Dred Scott was an opportunity to settle what the South had previously been unable to achieve either legislatively or judicially.

Military archives reveal the brutal history of slavery in the U.S. Army.

James Oakes’s deeply researched book argues that two very different readings of the 1787 charter put the United States on a course of all but inevitable conflict.

The Supreme Court and the pursuit of racial equality.

A favorite icon of critical race theory proponents doesn’t say what they want him to say.

As Lincoln recognized, it's not enough to question the decisions, justices, or even the structure of the Court. We need to challenge the foundation of its power.

As part of its “1619” inquiry into slavery's legacy, The New York Times revives 19th century revisionist history on the founding.

Abortion and America’s new sectional divide.

Its purpose 150 years ago was to incorporate former slaves into the nation.

Guaranteeing citizen status simply for being born here is a deliberate misreading of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The spectre of Dred Scott is haunting St. Louis.

Traditional Supreme Court precedent may depend too much on substantive due process to safeguard human rights.

The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation.

The text and historical context of the Constitution provide liberals with ample opportunities to advance their own vision of America.

On the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump.

It’s about more than immigration.

The fear that overtook us that day in 1988 was unfamiliar to most Americans. Now all too many know how it feels.