Friday, December 14, 2012

Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia 1831


In the case of the Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia 1831 the constitution was a component of discrimination towards native tribes and the rights they could have during the time period. Georgia sought to expand their land by removing the Cherokee nation from the land they had lived in before any conquering had occurred. The Cherokee's felt it was unjust and took the case to court, becoming one of the vital cases in history because the Supreme Court never acknowledged the presence of those who were not even viewed as humans. The constitution role in this claimed the Cherokees had no rights to the land and the case fell through no one ever came again to finalize it and no side won. In the end when the Constitution claimed to give rights to the people, it dehumanized those who had lived in the land freely and before the conquest, the true fathers of the lands could not claim territory for themselves or even be part of the people.  

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