Andrew Jackson Ignored the Supreme Court

Añadido: 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]The state of Georgia was particularly aggressive in trying to clear this land out or in the words of their governor at the time to replace quote all of the red with white population. They targeted the Cherokee Nation passing a law that abolished their governments. The Cherokee >> And we all know what they mean when they say red.

[00:00:18]Red skin, red people, red bone. What is a red bone, y'all?

[00:00:25]What's a red bone? That's us. They ain't talking about actual people that really had a red skin like the Redskins logo.

[00:00:32]No, red skin is another word for red bone, which basically means copper colored. You're not going to stand for this. So, they fight back using the same shenanigans that the United States is trying to use, the US legal system. They take Georgia to court. A case that went all the way to the Supreme Court and guess what? The Cherokee Nation won.

[00:00:52]Like there was no way around the fact that they had ironclad rights to this land, signed and sealed. The highest court in the country just ruled that the states could not impose on tribal sovereignty. But, as we all learned in government class, a ruling from the judicial branch only works if the executive branch enforces it. Oh, and who is in charge of the executive branch? Oh, this guy.

[00:01:15]The guy who wrote a letter to his wife during the War of 1812 from the battlefield saying that he had successfully slaughtered 170 Native Americans in quote an elegant style. Oh, and the guy who's on our $20 bill. Yeah, him. Andrew Jackson thought that negotiating treaties with the people who were living here was a ridiculous notion. So, he looks at the Supreme Court ruling that validates the Cherokee's right to their land and he literally responds in the snarkiest way possible saying, "The Chief Justice John Marshall has quote made his decision, now let him enforce it." No, he was not going to enforce it. Jackson had a different plan in mind. It came in the form of a new law that he pushed through both houses of Congress. His whole world view towards First Americans embodied in a piece of American legislation, the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

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