To: lunarbicep
7 Democratic judges and 2 Republican judges(or what would become Republican judges - the party was only 3 years old in 1857).
4 posted on
03/08/2007 9:11:04 AM PST by
RexBeach
(BRUSHA)
To: RexBeach
Oh Lord! Wait for the apologies to fly!
5 posted on
03/08/2007 9:11:57 AM PST by
LYSandra
To: RexBeach
Democratic judges and 2 Republican judges... didn't the two Republicans dissent?
7 posted on
03/08/2007 9:15:36 AM PST by
lunarbicep
(Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
To: RexBeach
One of those Republican justices sought the Republican presidential nomination the year before Dred Scott.
9 posted on
03/08/2007 9:18:45 AM PST by
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