Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
I believe Andrew, Jackson‘s words were “the court has made their ruling now let’s see them enforce it,” and he did as he pleased.Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court's ruling concerning the Cherokee. Gold had been found in north Georgia and Jackson decided that the Cherokee had to go. By that point a lot of Cherokee had accepted Christianity and had inter married with whites and lived like whites. They were forced at gunpoint off their land and forced marched to Oklahoma with thousands dying along the way. One of them was an ancestor of mine, a half white Cherokee chief who signed a treaty with the U.S. government along with 5 other chiefs if I remember right. A treaty Jackson violated.
Alexander Hamilton made it clear in the federalist papers that the judicial branch has no power except that which is given to them by the executive branch.