laws over Cherokee territory and went ahead for Indian removal (Nations p.282). The aftermath of these actions could be vastly destructive because it weakened the power of judicial review the Supreme Court had, and it altered the check and balances among 2 Houses, the Court and the President. In addition, instead of purely in a constitutional aspect, he used the power of president's veto only because he felt the bills were bad even though they might be perfectly constitutional. That made him much easier to shape the Congress to the way he liked.
             Unlike previous presidents who accepted Indians' stay in the country, Jackson changed the policy towards Indians from compromising to subduing. In 1830, the president signed the Indian Removal Act (NY Library Ref. p.826) that started to remove Indians from southern states such as Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Though critics from the north rose up to criticize the immorality of these actions and made Jackson less favorable to a portion o
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