Early Friday morning, crew began to work on removing a statue of Roger B. Taney, the former Supreme Court Justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and ruled any person with African descent could not be a citizen, from the grounds of the Maryland State House. Any change to the building or grounds must be approved by the State House Trust, and the four-member panel voted to remove the state on Wednesday, with three in favor and one, Democratic Senate President Thomas V. M...
Early Friday morning, crew began to work on removing a statue of Roger B. Taney, the former Supreme Court Justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and ruled any person with African descent could not be a citizen, from the grounds of the Maryland State House. Any change to the building or grounds must be approved by the State House Trust, and the four-member panel voted to remove the state on Wednesday, with three in favor and one, Democratic Senate President Thomas V. M...
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