Defenders of the Supreme Court's infamous pro-slavery decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, for example, advanced precisely this view of judicial power. (firstthings.com)
Having in mind the shameful jurisprudence inaugurated by the Court in Dred Scott in the mid-nineteenth century, Lochner v. New York in the early twentieth, and Roe v. Wade and numerous other partisan decisions in our own time, one might say: «I'm sorry, but that is, to say the least, not persuasive.» (firstthings.com)
Included are such notable titles as The Case of Dred Scott in the U.S. Supreme Court, The Trial of John Brown, and the Boston Slave Riot and the Trial of Anthony Burns. (educationworld.com)