[GOPcapitalist]

The Chief Justice thought enough of the passage to include it in his book.

Yeah - he cited it as an example of the venomous editorials against Taney that ran in the northern press and made no comment upon the factual validity of the unsourced and unsubstantiated claim you now cite as "proof" that they were neighbors. To portray him as having accepted the New York Times' claim is dishonest. But you being a filthy liar, that is what we've all come to expect in your posts

[capitan_refugio]

"Yeah - he cited it as an example of the venomous editorials against Taney that ran in the northern press ..."

He did no such thing! Chief Justice Rehnquist's introductory remark to the Northern response from the press was:

"Northern opinion, as might have been expected, was critical of Taney's decision."

In citing a southern newspaper editorial, Rehnquist wrote:

"The Baltimore Daily Republican was more sympathetic ..."

There was no mention of "venom." I'll let the readers decide whether Rehnquist cited the articles as you say he did, or whether you should up your dosage of Zoloft.