JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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The Judicial branch interpreted the law, and the Executive branch is supposed to enforce the law
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Jackson’s term in office was about to expire, so it should be left to the next president, Martin Van Buren to carry out
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The Army should was used inside of a state, but it should only be used in foreign countries
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The majority of American citizens did not support the Supreme Court’s decision
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Andrew Jackson ignored the Court’s decision in Worcester v. Georgia, but later issued a proclamation of the Supreme Court’s ultimate power to decide constitutional questions and emphasizing that its decisions had to be obeyed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgia, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.
Detailed explanation-3: -Worcester argued that the state could not prosecute him and his fellow missionaries because the Georgia statute violated the U.S. Constitution, which granted the federal government exclusive authority to enter into treaties with other nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though President Jackson’s exact words were a bit different, the sentiment remained. Enforcing the ruling would mean not only deviating from his own ideology, but alienating a state that shared his core beliefs. So he decided to undermine the system of checks and balances and ignore the ruling.