[PAR] [TLE] Robert Cooper Grier [SEP] Robert Cooper Grier (March 5, 1794 – September 25, 1870), was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States.  A Jacksonian Democrat from Pennsylvania who served from 1846 to 1870, Grier weighed in on some of the most important cases of the 19th century.  As a rare Northern member of the majority in the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, Grier concurred that African Americans were not—and were never meant to be—citizens of the United States and that the property rights of slaveholders were clearly protected in the Constitution.  However, Grier wrote the majority opinion in the 1863 Prize Cases, upholding Abraham Lincoln’s presidential power to institute Union blockades of Confederate ports and giving the Union Army a strategic advantage in the American Civil War. [PAR] [TLE] Dred Scott v. Sandford [SEP] Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857) , also known simply as the Dred Scott case, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.  It held that "a negro, whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves", whether enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court, and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.  Dred Scott, an enslaved man of "the negro African race" who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom.  In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the court denied Scott's request.  The decision was only the second time that the Supreme Court had ruled an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional.
[PAR] [TLE] Robert Cooper Grier [ SEP ] Robert Cooper Grier ( March 5 , 1794 – September 25 , 1870 ) , was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States . A Jacksonian Democrat from Pennsylvania who served from 1846 to 1870 , Grier weighed in on some of the most important cases of the 19th century . As a rare Northern member of the majority in the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision , Grier concurred that African Americans were not — and were never meant to be — citizens of the United States and that the property rights of slaveholders were clearly protected in the Constitution . However , Grier wrote the majority opinion in the 1863 Prize Cases , upholding Abraham Lincoln ’s presidential power to institute Union blockades of Confederate ports and giving the Union Army a strategic advantage in the American Civil War . [PAR] [TLE] Dred Scott v. Sandford [ SEP ] Dred Scott v. Sandford , 60 U.S. 393 ( 1857 ) , also known simply as the Dred Scott case , was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law . It held that " a negro , whose ancestors were imported into [ the U.S. ] , and sold as slaves " , whether enslaved or free , could not be an American citizen and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court , and that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States . Dred Scott , an enslaved man of " the negro African race " who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories , attempted to sue for his freedom . In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney , the court denied Scott 's request . The decision was only the second time that the Supreme Court had ruled an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional .
Who was the Chief Justice behind the Supreme Court decision where Robert Cooper Grier served as a juror, which denied a "negro" could an American citizenship?
Who was the Chief Justice behind the Supreme Court decision where Robert Cooper Grier served as a juror , which denied a " negro " could an American citizenship ?
Roger B. Taney
Roger B. Taney