The court by this time, early 1876

此时是1876年早期
when the Cruikshank case came down, had a new chief justice

法院的首席法官已经换人
His name was Morrison Remick Waite,

叫作莫里森·雷米克·韦特
w-a-i-t-e,

韦特
who'd been appointed by Grant in 1874

他是1874年被格兰特任命的
to replace the recently deceased Salmon P. Chase,

代替已故的萨尔蒙·蔡斯
who had been appointed Chief Justice by Abraham Lincoln

他是被亚伯拉罕·林肯指派为首席法官的
The court by 1876 was seven Republicans and two Democrats

1876年法院由7名共和党人和2名民主党人组成
Most of them now had been appointed by Lincoln or Grant

多数都由林肯或格兰特任命
This was a thoroughly Republican Party Supreme Court

是一个共和党主导的最高法院
Waite by the way--

顺带一句韦特
we've been through many Supreme Court appointments in our recent lifetime

我们最近有很多次最高法院的任命