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The Dobbs Decision Hasn't Aged Well

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The Supreme Court's Decision in Dred Scott v. Casey

The court said black people did not have rights that white people were bound to respect. That wasn't even about the property rights aspect of Dred Scott at all. Justice Scalia also analogized the Supreme Court's decision and Planned Parenthood versus Casey to Dred Scott when he recited some of the court's reasoning. There comes vividly to mind a portrait that hangs in the Harvard Law School. Roger Danny like why okay what the hell is going on in Harvard Law School?

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