Eli Lake

This is Yvonne Levin, the Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

In 1832, Jackson vetoed a bill to extend the bank's authority with a declaration of pure populist fire. I'm gonna read from it here. It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government.

In 1832, Jackson vetoed a bill to extend the bank's authority with a declaration of pure populist fire. I'm gonna read from it here. It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government.

In 1832, Jackson vetoed a bill to extend the bank's authority with a declaration of pure populist fire. I'm gonna read from it here. It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government.

Equality of talents, of education or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions.

Equality of talents, of education or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions.

Equality of talents, of education or of wealth cannot be produced by human institutions.

But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government."

But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government."

But when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages, artificial distinctions, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government."

In other words, we see you plutocrats, and your time is up. This wasn't the only fight Jackson waged against the status quo. The Founding Fathers had intended the Supreme Court to be the only source of authority for interpreting the Constitution. Jackson openly disputed this. Not only was that legally dubious, it also gave his opponents an opening.

In other words, we see you plutocrats, and your time is up. This wasn't the only fight Jackson waged against the status quo. The Founding Fathers had intended the Supreme Court to be the only source of authority for interpreting the Constitution. Jackson openly disputed this. Not only was that legally dubious, it also gave his opponents an opening.

In other words, we see you plutocrats, and your time is up. This wasn't the only fight Jackson waged against the status quo. The Founding Fathers had intended the Supreme Court to be the only source of authority for interpreting the Constitution. Jackson openly disputed this. Not only was that legally dubious, it also gave his opponents an opening.

The opposition party, which called themselves at this point the Whigs, began to call him King Andrew. because he was asserting an authority that was not rightly his. And this was not just spin. In 1831, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not enforce state law over the Cherokee Nation. Jackson ignored that ruling and ordered the removal of the Cherokees anyway.

The opposition party, which called themselves at this point the Whigs, began to call him King Andrew. because he was asserting an authority that was not rightly his. And this was not just spin. In 1831, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not enforce state law over the Cherokee Nation. Jackson ignored that ruling and ordered the removal of the Cherokees anyway.

The opposition party, which called themselves at this point the Whigs, began to call him King Andrew. because he was asserting an authority that was not rightly his. And this was not just spin. In 1831, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not enforce state law over the Cherokee Nation. Jackson ignored that ruling and ordered the removal of the Cherokees anyway.

It was the gravest threat to the Constitution in the young republic's history. This was a populist leader crashing up against the American system of government with all of its checks and balances. Eventually, Jackson was shamed into issuing a proclamation that stated the Supreme Court was the final arbiter of the Constitution.

It was the gravest threat to the Constitution in the young republic's history. This was a populist leader crashing up against the American system of government with all of its checks and balances. Eventually, Jackson was shamed into issuing a proclamation that stated the Supreme Court was the final arbiter of the Constitution.

It was the gravest threat to the Constitution in the young republic's history. This was a populist leader crashing up against the American system of government with all of its checks and balances. Eventually, Jackson was shamed into issuing a proclamation that stated the Supreme Court was the final arbiter of the Constitution.

One sees an echo of this threat in Donald Trump's refusal to accept the rulings of the courts after he lost the 2020 election. Populist indignation can lead presidents to ignore the constitutional restraints on their power. All in all, Jackson had a successful two-term presidency.