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Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney
Author(s) -
SIMON JAMES F.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5818.2010.01248.x
Subject(s) - oath , economic justice , supreme court , presidential system , argument (complex analysis) , law , american history , political science , law and economics , sociology , medicine , politics , anthropology
Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney may have met only twice—in 1849, when Lincoln made an oral argument before the Supreme Court, and in 1861, when Chief Justice Taney administered the presidential oath of office to Lincoln. The two men's roles in American history are inextricably bound nonetheless, as I will attempt to demonstrate in this essay.