Andrew jackson
Due to the evidence presented during the impeachment trial of President Andrew Jackson, I think that he should be impeached. His actions in the instances of the second bank of the United States were not unconstitutional but the actions against the Native Americans however were. Although he believed his acts were in the interest of the American people, I can not believe so. The second bank of the United States was founded in 1816, five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States and the chaos that ensued. The legality of the Bank was upheld in the 1819 Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland which also declared null and void any state law contrary to a federal law made in pursuance of the Constitution. However, Andrew Jackson vetoed renewal of the Second Bank of the United States on July 10
The initial case was dismissed, but in 1832 the John Marshall Court ruled that only the federal government had authority over Native American lands. In 1828, the State of Georgia enacted a law that gave authority over all Native American land matters to the state government. The Cherokee were the last to go, being forced to leave most of their possessions behind, including their livestock. The Cherokee resisted and took their case to court, arguing that their treaty rights had been established by the federal government in 1791 and could not be abrogated by the state. The Cherokee in Georgia had received recognition of their semiautonomous status in a federal treaty in 1791. His want to keep democracy alive in the United States and loyalty to the people was very strong and good to an extent but some of his decisions were in the interest of his own personal feelings. He believed the bank to be a monopoly, which was for the good of the higher classes, mostly to the east. The Cherokee refused all inducements to sell their highly prized and very fertile lands. It was clear that Jackson would not act to block the dispossession of the native tribes. By 1838, the policy of relocation had essentially cleared the natives from the southeastern lands east of the Mississippi River. He ignored the constitution when he allowed Georgia to go against the right of the Natives and remove them from their own land. If he was a president of the people and for the people his decisions should have been benefited all not just the groups he chose. They developed their own constitution, built roads and churches, developed a successful educational system and owned slaves. The defense presented that he did so because he believed it to be best for the democracy and people of the United States.
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