1. Andrew Jackson and Democracy
Jackson, after the "corrupt bargain" between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, believed that the electoral process needed to change (Remini, p.17). ... Madison stated that "No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgement, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity" (Federalist 10, p.48). ... The court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a "distinct community" with self-government "in which the laws of Georgia can have no force." ... Madison warns us of a time such as this when a man attempts to be a judge in his own affairs, "No man is a...
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