It is often alleged that President Andrew Jackson responded to the Marshall Court’s 1832 opinion in Worcester v. Georgia by the quip that “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!”
The post The Myth of Andrew Jackson vs the Supreme Court first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Today in 1834, President Andrew Jackson called forth soldiers to suppress a labor dispute for the first time. The event was considered to be a bold, unprecedented extension of executive authority. After workers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rioted over working conditions, the government of Maryland begged President Jackson for federal assistance, hastily interpreting…
Jackson, the quintessential anti-nullifier will be replaced by one of the most prolific nullifiers in American history.