What did Chief Justice Taney mean when he wrote “beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they [have] no rights which [a] white man [is] bound to respect.”?

depends on the age of the teen, many believe by the age of 16 a person should know the strong difference between right and wrong along with the difference between risky and immediate death. swimming with sharks might be dangerous but swimming with sharks while bloody meat is attached to you is just insane. even more if you have no idea what you're doing. however, no matter the age, as long as the person is skilled enough and has the mental and physical capacity to control their actions doing whatever sport they put their mind to is all that matters.

it increased the power of the king of england.