A bill to remove a bust of former Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision, cleared its final congressional hurdle Wednesday and will now be sent to President Joe Biden for signature.
The statue must be removed from its prime spot in the Capitol within 45 days of the bill becoming law. It will be replaced by a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the court’s first African American justice.
The goal of the bill is to make “Taney a-goney,” as Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., put it during a rhyming moment in Wednesday’s floor debate.
