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Article: Cherokee Nation Cases
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CHEROKEE NATION CASES
CHEROKEE NATION CASES.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
(1831) and
Worcester v. Georgia
(1832) arrived at the Supreme Court in a political setting of uncertainty and potential crisis. Andrew Jackson was reelected president in 1832, southern states were uneasy with the union, and Georgia, in particular, was unhappy with the Supreme Court. Within the Court, divisiveness marked relations among the justices. John Marshall, the aging chief justice, suffered the strains of his wife's death, his own illness, and tests of his leadership. At the same time, Americans craved the lands of resistant Native Americans, and armed conflict was always possible.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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