What did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v. Georgia? Use the reading selection from your textbook to help you respond
Yet, year by year, the pressure on the Native Americans living along the frontier grew. ...Native Americans in the South (Georgia) occupied land that was good for growing cotton.
Georgia then claimed the right to make laws for the Cherokee nation in
1828
...in Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Court ruled that Georgia had no right to enforce its laws within Cherokee territory.
Chief Justice John Marshall wrote the Court's majority opinion in Worcester v. Georgia. He quoted treaties that the United States had signed, guaranteeing certain territory to Native Americans. Under the Constitution, treaties are the supreme law of the land. Therefore Marshall said, Georgia had no say over Cherokee terrifory, and Georgia's action was unconstitutional
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O U.S. troops in any state had the right to remove American Indians. Only state governments had authority over American Indians
• The Cherokee Indians had to move from their land to Georgia.
• The state of Georgia had no legal power over the Cherokee