JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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James Madison
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John Marshall
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John Ross
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Andrew Jackson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in the majority opinion that the Constitution gave to Congress, not the states, the power to make laws that applied to the Indian tribes. Despite this clear court victory for the Cherokees, Jackson openly refused to enforce it, and the Southern states ignored it.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Marshall (1755–1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. He is the longest serving chief justice in Court history. He remains one of the most honored members in Court history.
Detailed explanation-3: -With his decision in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of “checks and balances” created to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful.
Detailed explanation-4: -indigenous sovereignty In the meantime, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia had made its way to the United States Supreme Court. In 1831 the court decided that indigenous peoples living within the United States were no longer independent nations and that as a domestic sovereign nation-in other words, one that depended upon…