Scott's owner raised the questions: Did Congress have the Constitutional power to close a territory to slavery?

VOA: special.2009.05.14

It promises something like the power of God as he brings the shattering close of the entire Christian narrative to an end at the Last Judgment and beyond.

它承诺了类似上帝权力,上帝为所有基督教徒带来了令人震惊的结局,在最后审判日及以后的日子，以叙述方式带来了结束。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

This is as close as I get to bulleted Power Point.It's all there.

这些内容和我放在在PPT上的差不多，那上面都有。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

But he said Congress did not have power to close new territory to any American citizen.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not have the power to close territories to slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is anxious to close a deal before a new Israeli government takes power in the next few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

A close result would force the parties to share power.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"The decision by the administration to back away from its missile defense commitment to the Czech Republic and Poland can only demonstrate to the rest of Europe that the United States is not prepared to stand behind its friends, that the United States views resetting its relationship with Russia more important than commitments made to close friends and allies, and that the administration is willing to let Russia have veto power over the disposition of our missile defense architecture,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.24