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In response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v Georgia that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee, President Jackson disregarded the decision and removal of the Cherokee proceeded as planned.
Worcester v. Georgia ruled that the Cherokee Tribe "constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers." Jackson defied the Supreme Court and kicked the Cherokee out of their homes to Oklahoma. Many died on the Trail of Tears.
The Cherokee Nation was politically independent with its own sovereign powers.
Jackson supported Georgia's efforts to remove the Cherokee
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President Jackson did not enforce the ruling.
In the court case Worcester v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 1832 that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. Although the decision became the foundation of the principle of tribal sovereignty in the twentieth century, it did not protect the Cherokees from being removed from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast.
Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands.
Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands.
the cherokee sued the state government and eventually took their case to the supreme court. in worcester V. Georgia (1832) chief justice John marshall ruled that georgia had no right to interfere with the cherokee. only the federal government had authority over matters involving the cherokee. president jackson had supported Georgia's efforts to remove the cherokee. he vowed to ignore the supreme court's ruling.
In Worcester v. Georgia, (1832) Marshall expressed the opinion that the Cherokee was a sovereign nation and only the federal government had the right to regulate them. Further, the Cherokee had no obligation to follow Georgia law within their own territory. Marshall also informed Georgia that it had no right to make laws governing the use of Cherokee land.Case Citation:Worcester v. Georgia, 31 US 515 (1832)In Worcester v. Georgia, the US Supreme Court decided the states (in this case, Georgia) had no right to redraw the boundaries of Native American territories, or to require white people to purchase a license to live on the land. As a result, the lower court decision convicting eleven missionaries of violating state law by refusing to purchase a permit to live on Cherokee land was reversed.Georgia ignored the order to stop interfering with the Cherokee's rights, and President Jackson made no effort to enforce the order because he had no legal obligation to do so, and sympathized with Georgia's interests.Case Citation:Worcester v. Georgia, 31 US 515 (1832)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
President Jackson supported Georgia's efforts to remove the Cherokee.