Laws, developed by political officials can sometimes be controversial and even violate interests and rights of particular segments of society. Very often Native Americans have been victims of such injustice in the US. For example, in 1831 whites were appearing in the Cherokee country to claim their lands from the Indians, who already occupied them (Coleman, 1978). However, the way they were doing this was extremely unjust.
The Cherokee people were living in America, long before the British invasion and official establishment of United State. Nevertheless, their peaceful living was severally threatened by people, who always wanted to control their lands. Thus, in December 22, 1830, the Georgia legislature passed an act requiting all white men to obtain special permits from the State of Georgia to live within the Cherokee Nation (Norgen, 2004). This is only one example, from the series of laws, which violated rights of Cherokee people.
In fact, all of these efforts were made with an aim of evicting Cherokee people from the territory. Nevertheless, Cherokee were trying to resist the federal government using diverse methods. For example, they were appealing cases and searching support from local authorities. However, officials of the State of Georgia refused to obey the US Supreme Court. For example, President Andrew Jackson refused to use federal troops to enforce the order of the US Supreme Court (Norgen, 2004). Thus, this was a struggle between unprivileged group of society and those who had power.
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