Roger Taney statue removed from Maryland State House grounds overnight

Wall Street Journal ^

[TigerClaws]

Under the cover of night, a work crew removed the statue of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney — author of the infamous Dred Scott decision — from the grounds of the State House, ending the monument’s 145-year prominent perch in Annapolis.

At 12:20 a.m. Friday, flatbed trucks with equipment including a large crane pulled onto the street encircling the State House. Workers cordoned off the front lawn of the historic building and placed straps around the statue, the latest monument linked to the Confederate era to be removed from a public square.

Just before 2 a.m., the statue was slowly lifted from its base and clipped a few tree branches as it was guided onto a flatbed truck and wrapped. The statue has been moved to a secure Maryland State Archives storage facility.

The removal comes after mounting pressure to take down the Taney statue culminated in Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s reversal on the matter. His support, announced this week, provided enough votes for the four-member State House Trust to approve on Wednesday to remove it.

[TigerClaws]

They should just blow them up like ISIS does.

[TigerClaws]

I propose the 2017 Donald Trump Statue Act.

Any statue removed must be replaced by a White House approved statue of Donald J. Trump of similar size and material composition.

[PGR88]

Funny how they have to do it at 2AM

why? Are they ashamed?

[lgjhn23]

Like all evil cockroaches, they have to do their evil dastardly deeds under the cover of darkness. Whadda munch of pure BS.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

While I don’t like removal of statutes in general, I don’t have a problem with removing Roger Taney’s statute. He was the Harry Blackmun of his day, twisting the Constitution to support Dem causes.

[longtermmemmory]

I know this is from Wikipedia and not the most accurate however for speed this is interesting. He was a democrate AND he freed the slave he inherited AND he gave them pensions. It also seems he would have be against google or facebook concentrating so much political power... ___________________________excerpt_________________________ Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African-Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the United States Constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and, whether free or slave, could not be considered citizens of the United States, which created an uproar among abolitionists and the free states of the northern U.S. He was the first Roman Catholic (and first non-Protestant) appointed both to a presidential cabinet, as Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson, as well as to the Court. Taney, a Jacksonian Democrat, was made Chief Justice by Jackson.[A] He inherited slaves from his father but manumitted them and gave pensions to the older ones.[2] He believed that power and liberty were extremely important and if power became too concentrated, then it posed a grave threat to individual liberty. He opposed attempts by the national government to regulate or control matters that would restrict the rights of individuals. From Prince Frederick, Maryland, he had practiced law and politics simultaneously and succeeded in both. After abandoning the Federalist Party as a losing cause, he rose to the top of the state's Jacksonian machine. As Attorney General (1831–1833) and then Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834), and as a prominent member of the Kitchen Cabinet, Taney became one of Jackson's closest advisers, assisting Jackson in his populist crusade against the powerful Bank of the United States.

[VeniVidiVici]

They will rename Taneytown to Antifatown.

[KC_Lion]

They do not even have the gall to do it in the daytime.

They know how unpopular this is.

[longtermmemmory]

I know this is from Wikipedia and not the most accurate however for speed this is interesting. He was a democrate AND he freed the slave he inherited AND he gave them pensions. It also seems he would have be against google or facebook concentrating so much political power... ___________________________excerpt_________________________ Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African-Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the United States Constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and, whether free or slave, could not be considered citizens of the United States, which created an uproar among abolitionists and the free states of the northern U.S. He was the first Roman Catholic (and first non-Protestant) appointed both to a presidential cabinet, as Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson, as well as to the Court. Taney, a Jacksonian Democrat, was made Chief Justice by Jackson.[A] He inherited slaves from his father but manumitted them and gave pensions to the older ones.[2] He believed that power and liberty were extremely important and if power became too concentrated, then it posed a grave threat to individual liberty. He opposed attempts by the national government to regulate or control matters that would restrict the rights of individuals. From Prince Frederick, Maryland, he had practiced law and politics simultaneously and succeeded in both. After abandoning the Federalist Party as a losing cause, he rose to the top of the state's Jacksonian machine. As Attorney General (1831–1833) and then Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834), and as a prominent member of the Kitchen Cabinet, Taney became one of Jackson's closest advisers, assisting Jackson in his populist crusade against the powerful Bank of the United States.

[longtermmemmory]

I know this is from Wikipedia and not the most accurate however for speed this is interesting. He was a democrate AND he freed the slave he inherited AND he gave them pensions. It also seems he would have be against google or facebook concentrating so much political power...


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Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African-Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the United States Constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and, whether free or slave, could not be considered citizens of the United States, which created an uproar among abolitionists and the free states of the northern U.S. He was the first Roman Catholic (and first non-Protestant) appointed both to a presidential cabinet, as Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson, as well as to the Court.


Taney, a Jacksonian Democrat, was made Chief Justice by Jackson.[A] He inherited slaves from his father but manumitted them and gave pensions to the older ones.[2] He believed that power and liberty were extremely important and if power became too concentrated, then it posed a grave threat to individual liberty. He opposed attempts by the national government to regulate or control matters that would restrict the rights of individuals.


From Prince Frederick, Maryland, he had practiced law and politics simultaneously and succeeded in both. After abandoning the Federalist Party as a losing cause, he rose to the top of the state's Jacksonian machine. As Attorney General (1831–1833) and then Secretary of the Treasury (1833–1834), and as a prominent member of the Kitchen Cabinet, Taney became one of Jackson's closest advisers, assisting Jackson in his populist crusade against the powerful Bank of the United States.

[Snickering Hound]

Taney inherited slaves from his father and freed them.

He even paid pensions to the older ones that were too old to learn a trade.

But try telling that to our new Taliban.

[Leaning Right]

> Funny how they have to do it at 2AM why? Are they ashamed? <

Maybe flatbed truck rental rates are lower at that time.

[TigerClaws]

Grant apparently owned slaves as well. Blow up his tomb.

Hamilton owned slaves. Shut down that musical now!

And this. Things that “look Confederate” are now being removed:

http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2017/08/18/peak-ridiculous-here-are-the-confederate-flag-looking-tiles-being-removed-from-nyc-subway/

[longtermmemmory]

he was a chief justice of the court. The alt-left only sees ONE opinion not all the other contract opinions or credit payment opinions...

Just proof the alt left is stuck on stupid and a product of union teachers...

[silverleaf]

Intimidated that folk will show up and make trouble

Appeasement is best carried out swiftly and under cover of night

Baltimore did the same thungl
I guess antufa’s demands have now been met

Oh wait...

[Timpanagos1]

“They know how unpopular this is.”

I’m sure with the KKK, the removal of the state of the man who penned Dred Scott is not popular at all.

[bk1000]

“Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.”

I have a feeling there will be some who will wish they had left well enough alone.

[longtermmemmory]

thieves stealing history.

what about the admiralty jurisdiction cases? his other public service jobs. He was not a perfect person. He made a bad ruling and history has judged that ruling. (btw what about the concurring votes?)

[silverleaf]

Look we have 4 houses in Annapolis where signers of the declaration of independence lived- 3 are museums
All 4 men owned slaves

Then there is our own “ Star Spangled Banner” Francis Scott Key who also owned slaves

Just waiting for more shoes to drop since politicians have showed how spineless they are when confronted by ignorant belligerent people

[Professional]

“the time of reckoning will come like a thief in the night...”

The end isn’t near, it’s here.