Re: Presidents and the Court

[Matthew J. Franck]

A line like this is usually attributed to Andrew Jackson in connection with Worcester v. Georgia: "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."  R. Kent Newmyer, in John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court (LSU, 2001), says: "As it turns out, these famous words were never spoken . . ." (p. 454).  Many scholars have quoted the line with the caveat that it may be apocryphal, and Newmyer does not indicate why he is certain it was never uttered, though he may be relying on a 1996 book by Jill Norgren, The Cherokee Cases: The Confrontation of Law and Politics, which appears in a note at the end of Newmyer's paragraph.

Matt
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Matthew J. Franck
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At 02:33 PM 10/1/2003 -0700, you wrote:

I seem to recall a colorful claim by some president or other, opposed to a particular court ruling, along the lines of:  "The Court has issued its ruling, now let it enforce it."
 
Can anyone point me to the specific President, case, and citation for this?  Perhaps Truman, in response to the Steel Seizure decision?
 
Many thanks,
John Eastman