In 2008, Bob Carr was on an ABC panel show, pontificating about the wisdom of decisions of the US Supreme Court on racial issues. Another panellist, Christopher Hitchens, a guest from the US, interjected to say: ‘Like Dred Scott?’ Carr replied: ‘Yes, a great decision.’
Dred Scott was the 1857 decision which provided the legal underpinning of slavery.
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