Opinion: In effect, the U.S. Supreme Court has opened a "Pandora's box." Just like the Supreme Court did in deciding the fate of Dred Scott.

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856, ...

Dred Scott is wrong because U.S. citizenship, properly understood, does not turn upon the consent of the polity to citizenship at all but on birth in U.S. territory and obligation to follow U.S. ...

Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, is working to keep his legacy alive. Jackson is also the founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation. A 9-foot-tall monument stands in ...

More than 135 years after it commissioned the iconic portrait of Dred Scott, the Missouri Historical Society will commission one of Harriet Scott to hang alongside her husband in a new exhibit.

The Supreme Court’s injunctions decision returns America to the constitutional horrors of Dred Scott by Austin Sarat and Steve Kramer, opinion contributors - 06/30/25 2:00 PM ET ...

The story of Dred and Harriet Scott and their fight for freedom is told inside one of the new galleries at the Old Courthouse, seen during a media preview of its renovation on Wednesday, March 26 ...

ST. LOUIS — After years of restoration, the Old Courthouse — home to landmark civil rights cases like Dred Scott v. Sandford and Virginia Minor's fight for women's suffrage — officially ...

Dred Scott’s statue, which stands in front of the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, symbolizes a major turning point in the fight against slavery.