A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor says the worst Supreme Court decision in history is one that preceded and ultimately caused the Civil War.
During remarks in New Hampshire, Ron DeSantis said 1857’s Dred Scott v. Sandford stood out as the most egregious ruling in the history of the High Court.
“It denied the basic humanity of Dred Scott. It was instrumental, of course, in leading to the Civil War. I know there’s not everyone that is willing to admit that anymore, but that’s just the reality.”
The Governor made the remarks in Manchester at an event hosted by the Never Back Down super PAC.
The Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision was rooted in the argument that Scott, an enslaved Black man who was taken from a slave state to a free state, lacked standing to sue, even though he’d been moved to territory where slavery was illegal.
Chief Justice Roger Taney, an Andrew Jackson appointee who came from a slave-holding family in Maryland, used the case as a pretext to overturn the Missouri Compromise, allowing slavery in the territories and giving slaveholders the presumption of elastic property rights.
DeSantis asserted that the decision not only divested Scott of his human rights, but saw SCOTUS exceed its prerogative.
“Not only was it wrong, not only was it dehumanizing, it was massive judicial activism. That was not what the Constitution said, that was not what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they created the Constitution. And so they were taking their judicial power and they were trying to ‘solve’ an issue that they had no right to legislate on,” DeSantis said, calling it an example of the High Court “not only getting the law wrong, but also abandoning their entire role under the Constitution.”
18 comments
Earl Pitts "Sage Expert on Everything" American
December 30, 2023 at 2:49 pm
Good afternoon America,
Ron’s Sage Wisdom is on display in his take on Dred Scott.
AND:
Ron’s Sage Wisdom is bringing muliltitudes of Black, Hispanic, and even a few Dook 4 Brains White “Better Than Thou” Liberals.
Be aware of Ron’s upcoming POTUS election Major Landslide Sweep all you White Dook 4 Brains Leftys.
EPA
JD
December 30, 2023 at 4:46 pm
POTUS is a Patriot term Shitts. You have been chastised and rebuked. Our Lawyers will be in touch.
You DOOK 4 Brains FLGQP.
Earl Pitts "Sage Expert on Everything" American
December 30, 2023 at 7:32 pm
Ouch, JD, you have burnt me, Earl Pitts American, by flipping my own “Sage Wisdom” upon me. Be carefull because there are many of my “Spys” here posing as “Dook 4 Brains Lefty Commenters” who are going to be “Feeling Some Kind Of Way” about you having “Chastized” me, Earl Pitts American.
So remember, JD, turn about is not “Fair Play” and I will do my best to keep my “Besty Lefty” commenters from turning on you and issueing the most feared “Multiable Chastizements” raining down on your head.
I, Earl Pitts American, will protect you from such an attack of multiable chastizement.
So, in closing, I guess we are still best friends for life. JD and Earl “Sage Bestest Buddies 4 Life” !!!!!
Thanks, JD, I’m so glad we got that all cleared up.
Earl Pitts “JD’s Bestie” American
Angie
December 31, 2023 at 11:30 am
Your post is a rambling non-sensical word salad that lacks any iota of intelligent meaning.
Biscuit
December 30, 2023 at 4:56 pm
Breaking NewsPuff out of New Hampshire: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stuns crowd with his observation that the Dred Scott decision of 1857 was one of the factors that led to the Civil War: “I know there’s not everyone that is willing to admit that anymore, but that’s just the reality.”
Asked by reporters why the crowd gasped at his remarks, several in attendance said they had “no idea what the Dred Scott thing was” and had “no idea why it was so controversial,” but they were sure proud that the Florida Governor was standing his ground on whatever the hell he was talking about.
Arf.
Ormond Otvos
December 31, 2023 at 3:59 pm
DeSantis wasn’t for Dred Scott, he was whining about “Judicial Activism.”
It’s Trump Talk for “Anything The Courts Do We Don’t Like.”
Don't Say FLA
December 30, 2023 at 9:25 pm
Rhonda’s opinion makes sense from their perspective of thinking the old Three Fifths clause should still rule today’s USA
MH/Duuuval
December 30, 2023 at 9:50 pm
[Theme song from The Twilight Zone.]
My Take
December 30, 2023 at 11:47 pm
Yeah, speaking of, what is Runty’s position on QAnon?
MH/Duuuval
December 31, 2023 at 11:31 am
Depends. Who’s asking?
Ridiculous. What does he think about actually enforcing Brown v. Board of Education?
December 30, 2023 at 11:49 pm
Wow – it’s all over now! DeSantis repudiates the Dred Scott decision 🙄
Silly Wabbit
January 1, 2024 at 2:22 pm
Bwave boy.
Donald
January 1, 2024 at 10:40 am
I think Ron Desantis is reading the writing on the wall and that is Trump is in dire straits- as do a lot of us voters against him.
He’s looking to cast his net over those now Trump supporters floating on the surface of his diminishing campaign.
tom palmer
January 1, 2024 at 1:38 pm
Can’t wait for his take on Marbury vs Madison and Brown vs Board of Public Education
Something is wrong with the man…
January 2, 2024 at 2:52 pm
Exactly. Those decisions still affect the country today. But the only reason he seems to have a fixation on Dred Scott seems to be a result of his being comfortable with the whole slavery thing to begin with.
MH/Duuuval
January 3, 2024 at 12:24 pm
Better for the Entitled to leave Marbury moldering — the right-wing Supreme Court doesn’t need folks to comprehend the rope of sand upholding its prerogatives to power and graft.
Sonja Fitch
January 2, 2024 at 4:16 am
Saying “lordy lordy”and wringing her hands was my grandmother! All people are equal! No one is above the law! There are no slaves! Just folks captured and treated to living hell! “. Desantis you are once of those racist sexist boys! Desantis ain’t notin but a gizmo loggerhead
MH/Duuuval
January 3, 2024 at 12:24 pm
All praise to your grandma!
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