Worcester v georgia ruling. In september 1831 samuel a. The political autonomy native american tribes have today is based in part on the precedent of worcester v. Georgia is a landmark decision because it supported subsequent laws pertaining to the autonomy of native american lands in the united states.
Georgia gwinnett countythe grand jurors sworn chosen and selected for the county of gwinnett in the name and behalf of the citizens of georgia charge and accuse elizur butler samuel a. It ruled that it had no original jurisdiction in the matter as the cherokees were a dependent. 6 pet 515 1832 was a landmark case in which the united states supreme court vacated the conviction of samuel worcester and held that the georgia criminal statute that prohibited non native americans from being present on native american lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.
Now let him enforce it those are the famous words uttered by president andrew jackson in relation to us. Andrew jackson refused to enforce the ruling the decision helped form the basis for most subsequent law in the united states regarding native americans. The cherokee nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the us.
Georgia 31 us 515 1832 it was actually worcester v. Supreme court on march 3 1832 held 51 that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on native american land. John marshall has made his decision.
Supreme court chief justice john marshalls 1832 decision in worcester vgeorgia to strike down a georgia law that imposed regulations on the comings and goings of white people in native american land. In the court case worcester v. Georgia the cherokee nation was a foreign state and could not be subject to georgia laws.
Georgia legal case in which the us. Georgia and the decision was that georgia criminal statute that prohibited non indians from being present on. Worcester and others all non native americans were indicted in the supreme court for the county of gwinnett in the state of georgia for residing within the limits of the cherokee nation without a license and without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of georgia.
The opinion is most famous for its dicta which laid out the. According to the supreme court in worcester v. Supreme court held in 1832 that the cherokee indians.
State of georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries but the supreme court did not hear the case on its merits. President andrew jackson who had pushed congress to approve the indian removal act in 1830 ignored the ruling and sent in the national guard. Constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers.
5 pet 1 1831 was a united states supreme court case.