Worchester+v+Georgia

=Worcester vs. Georgia=


 * In 1832, seven missionaries were arrested for living on Cherokee Indian lands without a license. The missionaries argued that the law under which they had been convicted was unconstitutional because states have no authority to pass laws concerning sovereign Indian nations.
 * The missionaries were arrested, convicted, and sentenced to four years of hard labor.
 * Today the Supreme Court still follows the ruling that a state can regulate the boundaries of its Indian territory.
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