Therefore, they said, Dred Scott had no right to ask the court to hear his case.

因此，他们说，德雷德·斯科特无权要求法院审理他的案件。

This did not happen. The Dred Scott decision did not calm the storm that divided the nation. Instead, it increased its fury.

但情况并非如此。德雷德·斯科特的裁决并没有平息分裂国家的风暴。相反，它使人民更加愤怒。

The lawsuit, famously known as the Dred Scott case was filed by Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet.

德雷德·斯科特和他的妻子哈里特提起了这起著名的诉讼，称为德雷德·斯科特案。

This was a reference to the Dred Scott case then pending.

这是对当时悬而未决的 Dred Scott 案的参考。

So Buchanan wrote to Grier. He told him that a strong decision in the Dred Scott case might do much to bring peace to the country.

于是，布坎南就给格里尔写信。他说德雷德·斯科特案件做出的强有力决定可能会为国家带来和平。

She told amazing stories about Ruth  Bader Ginsberg, about the Dred Scott decision, all sorts of wonderful reporting.

她讲述了关于露丝·巴德·金斯伯格的精彩故事，关于德雷德·斯科特的决定，以及各种精彩的报道。

Dred Scott lived in Missouri, where slavery was legal. Then he was sold to a man who took him to Illinois and Wisconsin, where slavery was not legal.

德雷德·斯科特居住在密苏里州，在那里奴隶制是合法的。他后来被卖给了一个带他去伊利诺伊州和威斯康星州的人，在这些地区奴隶制是不合法的。

James Buchanan was sworn-in as president at the time of the Dred Scott case. Buchanan believed the Supreme Court's decision would put an end to the dispute over slavery.

詹姆斯·布坎南在德雷德·斯科特一案发生时宣誓就任总统。布坎南认为，最高法院的裁决将结束有关奴隶制的争论。

Then Douglas questioned Lincoln's statement on the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. Lincoln had said he opposed the decision, because it did not permit Negroes to enjoy the rights of citizenship.

随后，道格拉斯质疑林肯关于最高法院对德雷德·斯科特裁决的声明。林肯说，他反对这项裁决，因为它不允许黑人享有公民权。

One southern member of the Supreme Court was James Catron, a good friend of James Buchanan. Buchanan had written to him asking when the court would act on the Dred Scott case.

最高法院的一名南方成员是詹姆斯·凯乔，他是詹姆斯·布坎南的好朋友。布坎南写信给他，询问法院何时处理德雷德·斯科特的案件。

This generous interpretation of the powers of Congress stood for nearly forty years, until repudiated by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.

这种对国会权力的慷慨解释存在了将近四十年，直到最高法院在德雷德·斯科特案中予以驳回。

In the midst of the acrimonious dispute over the Dred Scott decision, came one of the worst business panics which ever afflicted the country.

在围绕德雷德·斯科特 (Dred Scott) 案的决定展开的激烈争论中，出现了曾困扰该国的最严重的商业恐慌之一。

This answer to Lincoln's query alienated many Southern Democrats who believed that the Dred Scott decision settled the question of slavery in the territories for all time.

这个对林肯问题的回答疏远了许多南方民主党人，他们认为德雷德斯科特的决定永远解决了该地区的奴隶制问题。

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to close territories to slavery. It said the Missouri Compromise was a violation of the United States Constitution, and that Dred Scott was not a free man.

最高法院裁定，国会无权禁止领土实施奴隶制。最高法院表示，密苏里州折衷法案违反了美国宪法，德雷德·斯科特不是一个自由人。

Back in high school in Texas, Alex was the most cultured of the jock crowd because he was a book nerd, a politics junkie, the only varsity letterman debating the finer points of Dred Scott in AP US History.

回到德克萨斯州的高中时， 亚历克斯是运动员群体中最有文化的一个， 因为他是一个书呆子，一个政治迷， 也是唯一一位在美联社美国历史上辩论德雷德·斯科特的精彩观点的校队作家。