A statue of Thurgood Marshall (front, center), the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Black justice, will replace one of the justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which stated that Black ...

A statue stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla) ...

A bill passed Wednesday would require officials to remove a statue of Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the racist Dred Scott decision, from its place on the Senate side of the Capitol.

The “Contemplation of Justice“ statue sits above the west front plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla) ...