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Missouri House condemns Dred Scott ruling

Associated Press

A bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney, who came from a slave-owning family in Maryland, will be replaced with a memorial to Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black man to serve on the Supreme Court, if Democrats have their way. (Associated Press)

Steny Hoyer wants Roger Taney bust replaced by Thurgood Marshall

By Gabriella Muñoz and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Workers use a crane to lift the monument dedicated to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney after it was was removed from outside Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Md., early Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Maryland workers hauled several monuments away, days after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author’s statue

By BRIAN WITTE - Associated Press

Larry Hogan, Maryland gov., removes Taney statue from state house; justice wrote Dred Scott decision

By Brian Witte - Associated Press