Heirs of 'odious' 167-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels
Mark's Church on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026. Carrie Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption Carrie Johnson/NPR Two people with ties to a fraught history gathered last week in the nation's capital. What binds them is a Supreme Court case from 1857, when a man named Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
- ▪Mark's Church on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026.
- ▪Carrie Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption Carrie Johnson/NPR Two people with ties to a fraught history gathered last week in the nation's capital.
- ▪What binds them is a Supreme Court case from 1857, when a man named Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
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Law Heirs of 'odious' 167-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels July 7, 20265:00 AM ET Carrie Johnson Descendants of Dred Scott and the judge who ruled his case on what it is to be American Listen · 5:09 5:09 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/g-s1-132164/nx-s1-9836758" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Charlie Taney, the great-great-grandnephew of the man who wrote the Dred Scott opinion, and Lynne Jackson Scott's great-great-granddaughter, speak at an event at St. Mark's Church on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026.
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