How did the indian removal act of 1830 go against the Worcester v Georgia ruling
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 directly contradicted the ruling made in Worcester v Georgia.
In 1832, the Supreme Court case Worcester v Georgia determined that Native American tribes, specifically the Cherokee Nation, were sovereign nations with the right to self-governance. The court ruled that the state of Georgia had no authority to regulate the Cherokee Nation or the lands they inhabited. This case affirmed the constitutional rights and protections granted to Native American tribes.
However, the Indian Removal Act, passed just two years later, completely disregarded the court's ruling. The act authorized the United States government to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes in order to remove them from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States and relocate them to territories west of the Mississippi River.
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the act resulted in the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans from their lands, most notably the Trail of Tears, where thousands of Cherokees were forcibly relocated to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). This act effectively violated the sovereignty of Native American tribes, as well as their constitutional rights, as recognized by the Worcester v Georgia ruling.