Can Trump defy the courts?
The lesson from Andrew Jackson's era
On March 3, 1832, Chief Justice John Marshall spoke for all but one of his fellow justices when he declared that the state of Georgia had no right to pass laws aimed at forcing Cherokee Indians off their lands.
“The Cherokee nation,” he wrote, “is a distinct community, occupying its own territory, with boundaries accurately described, in which the laws o…
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