Bob Barney- a little note of history: President Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 and he declared that the only hope for the southeastern tribe’s survival would be for them to give up their land move and move west of the Mississippi river. This is why he backed the Indian Removal bill in Congress.
However, members of Congress such as Davy Crockett argued that Jackson was violating the Constitution by refusing to enforce treaties that guaranteed Indian land rights. Nevertheless, Congress passed the bill in 1830.
Although removal was supposed to be voluntary, Jackson cut off payments to the tribes for previous land deals until they moved. He also agreed with Georgia and other Southern states that state law controlled tribal land. For example, Georgia had passed laws that abolished the Cherokee government.
In 1830, the US Supreme Court ruled in Worcester vs Georgia that Jackson was wrong. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in a majority opinion that the Constitution gave Congress, not the states, the power to make laws that applied to the Indian tribes.
Despite this clear court victory for the Cherokees Jackson openly refused to enforce it, and the Southern states ignored it. Jackson said, “they made their decision, let’s see if they can enforce it….”
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Texas authorities have continued to install razor wire at the southern border despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that granted federal agents access to cut through such obstacles.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety employees would continue to install wire “to repel illegal immigration.”
“Texas’ razor wire is an effective deterrent against the illegal border crossings encouraged by Biden’s open border policies,” Abbott posted Wednesday on X with a photo of soldiers working with the wire. “We continue to deploy this razor wire to repel illegal immigration.” MORE>>>>>