[exmarine]

Though I agree that the Dred Scott decision was wrong, I don't think that one judicial mistake makes him a bad judge!

That was not a minor mistake - it went to the very foundations of the moral principles of our republic - the very value of human life.

[TexConfederate1861]

Yes, but you must remember that by the standards of that day, many thought negroes to be inferior. Even Abe Lincoln...