The House passed a bill Wednesday to replace a U.S. Capitol bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the infamous decision to protect slavery in the 1857 Dred Scott case, with a bust of the first black justice, Thurgood Marshall.
The bill already passed the Senate by unanimous consent last week and now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for signature. TheA leading proponent of the bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer , argued that"figures like Taney belong in history textbooks and classroom discussions, not in marbled bronze on public display of honor."
Under the bill's text, the Taney bust is to be removed no"later than 45 days after" its enactment, and a bust of Marshall is slated to replace it"not later than 2 years after" the removal of the old bust. Marshall is best known for his prior work as a civil rights lawyer who used to fight against Jim Crow laws and his efforts to dismantle segregation in the nation. Before he came to the court, one of his most famous cases he argued was the 1954, which saw the justices at the time rule that"separate but equal" facilities violated the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
Last year, the bill overwhelmingly passed in the House by a 305-113 vote but did not advance in the Senate.
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