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To: RedMDer
I think you are thinking of President Andrew Jackson.

Chief Justice John Marshall had initially opposed Jackson's election to the presidency, and in the Cherokee Indians case, Worcester v. Georgia (1832), Marshall infuriated Jackson by insisting that Georgia laws that purported to seize Cherokee lands on which gold had been found violated federal treaties. Jackson is famous for having responded: "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." Although the comment is probably apocryphal, both Georgia and Jackson simply ignored the decision.

62 posted on 06/25/2014 12:38:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for the info. I had Ex parte Merryman in mind.
http://thomaslegion.net/presidentabrahamlincolnandthesupremecourt.html


69 posted on 06/25/2014 2:20:39 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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