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To: nimbysrule

"Yeah, Andrew Jackson: "Justice (Taney?) has ruled, now let him enforce." Pretty cool."

Unfortunately, when Jackson was asserting that, the issue was Indian rights under treaties, and the Supremes were right.

The better examples, which never seem to be cited, were the flurry of Civil War decisions Taney's Supremes made on habeas corpus and other issues, which President Lincoln simply threw in the waste-basket without comment. The Court ordered Lincoln to release people, do thus and so, etc. He systematically disregarded everything the Court said when he did not want to do it. Taney bitterly commented in one of his late opinions that he understood that 'the writ of this Court no longer runs in the land'.

That's what you get, Mr. Taney, for causing a Civil War.


649 posted on 03/01/2005 11:28:31 AM PST by Vicomte13 (Tibikak Ishkwata!)
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To: Vicomte13

I like Jackson's statement and sentiment, don't know anything about the specific case. But something Lincolnesque as in your examples needs to be done - fast.


657 posted on 03/01/2005 11:40:55 AM PST by nimbysrule
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To: Vicomte13; nimbysrule
Actually it was: "John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it." (Some say Jackson never said this but I suspect he probably did.)

Jackson appointed Taney to replace John Marshall on the Supreme Court when Marshall died.

697 posted on 03/01/2005 1:47:41 PM PST by COEXERJ145
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