Life gets even more complicated.
As Burke, Magliococca (the best source, a recent article in Pittsburg) and I
("Federalists or Friends of Adams") have pointed out, there was nothing to
enforce until the Georgia court deliberately refused to obey the order in
Worcester. What would happen
That would be Andrew Jackson in response to Worcester v. Georgia, and it is generally
regarded as apocryphal (though somewhat consistent with other things that he did say,
predicting that such a decision would be unenforceable). He did write in a letter,
the decision of the supreme court has
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Eastman, John 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
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
In response to the Court's decision (per Marshall, C.J.) in Worcester v.
Georgia, Andrew Jackson supposedly said John Marshall has made his ruling,
now let him enforce it. Whether he actually said this remains unclear, I
think.
Trevor Morrison
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I had always thought this quote was from Andrew Jackson, in response to a decision,
maybe by Marshall, regarding Native American treaty rights. But I don't know that for
a fact.
Bill Araiza
Loyola (L.A.)
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I seem to recall a colorful claim by some president or other,
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That would be Andrew Jackson in response to Worcester v. Georgia, and it is
generally regarded as apocryphal (though somewhat consistent with other things that he
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In response to the Court's decision (per Marshall, C.J.) in Worcester v.
Georgia, Andrew Jackson supposedly said John Marshall has made his ruling,
now let him enforce it. Whether he
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That would be Andrew Jackson in response to Worcester v. Georgia, and it is
generally regarded as apocryphal (though somewhat consistent with other things that he
did say, predicting
This was Andrew Jackson in response to one of the Indian removal cases
(Worcester v. Georgia).
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Eastman, John 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,
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That would be Andrew Jackson in response to Worcester v. Georgia, and it is
generally
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I love the collaberations made possible by this list. I now have to
expand my acknowledgement footnote significantly. Many thanks to all
who responded.
I have one more
, I think -- its online).
keith
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Thanks, Keith. I almost sent the note just to you! But I
needed
it quickly, so on the chance you were
My apologies. That more-than-usual self-promotion was intended as a private email to
John Eastman rather than a public posting to the listserv.
Keith
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The quotation is attributed Andrew Jackson in the wake of the decision in
Worcester v. Georgia. It may be mythical.
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
Others have suggested even if the quote is apocryphal (it's hard not to think so) that
it accurately describes Jackson's position. I am not certain that is the case.
Robert Remini suggests, with some authority, that Jackson never would have said it
because he would not have accepted the
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