Bettman/ Getty Images The statue of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney will be replaced by a statue of American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall in the Capitol, according to NBC News. House lawmakers passed a bill on December 14 calling for the removal of Taney’s bust, referring to it as “unsuitable for the honor of display to the many visitors to the Capitol.” Taney wrote the notorious Dred Scott decision, which upheld slavery and said that Black people were not U.S. citizens. According to NBC News, the statue of Taney, who led the Supreme Court from 1836...