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Every state has an undoubted right to determine the status, or domestic and social condition, of the persons domiciled within its territory except insofar as the powers of the states in this respect are restrained, or duties and obligations imposed upon them, by the Constitution of the United States.


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Author Bio


  • NameRoger B. Taney
  • DescriptionUnited States federal judge
  • AliasesRoger Taney; Roger Brooke Taney
  • BornMarch 17, 1777
  • DiedOctober 12, 1864
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJudge; Lawyer; Politician