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Who was the president of the United States that refused to enforce the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia?

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Abraham Lincoln

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John Tyler

The president of the United States who refused to enforce the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia was Andrew Jackson.

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Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, refused to enforce the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia. This landmark case, decided in 1832, recognized Native American tribes as separate sovereign nations, protected their rights to their ancestral lands, and invalidated state laws asserting control over Native American territories. Despite the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Cherokee Nation, President Jackson ignored it and famously said, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it." This clash between the executive and judicial branches of government highlighted the limitations of the Supreme Court's power and the ongoing struggle for Native American rights during the early years of the United States.