While the opinion of the court , by chief justice taney , in the dred scott case , and the separate opinions of all the concurring judges , expressly declare that the constitution of the united states neither permits congress nor a territorial legislature to exclude slavery from any united states territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same constitution permits a state , or the people of a state , to exclude it 在德莱德斯科特案件中，首席大法官和所有其它看法一致的法官们都发表意见，明确宣布《美国宪法》既不容许国会也不容许准州立法机关在任何美国准州里禁止奴隶制，但他们都忘记宣布同一部宪法是否容许一个州或一个州的人民禁行奴隶制。
