of New Echota. This gave Pres Jackson the legal documentation he needed to begin unconstitutionally removing American citizens known as Native-Americans. The Fourth amendment protects citizens from governmental misuse of power or due process of law. “The right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizers, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.” Clearly relocating people is quite unconstitutional. Not only was this relocation inhumane, but it showed a chilling lack of reverence similar to that of Nazi Germany. Any type of mass relocation is against everything that the Bill of Rights empowers. For those that argue the citizens signed a treaty, they are meet with two facts. The first fact is that nowhere in the treaty were death marches at gunpoint mentioned nor slum forts housing. The second fact is that a mere 3.4% of the Cherokee Nation attended the signing. Fully represented or not the Indians were treated with utter and total disregard for the law. The U.S. Government was well aware that Ridge did not represent the majority of the Cherokee Nation but the bill passed anyway by a single vote. Due to the fact that Chief Major Ridge and son, John Ridge, did not represent the entire Cherokee Nation the tribe murdered them. The signing of this treaty has sadly attained the moniker of the death treaty and unfortunately it held true to its name.In 1838, mostly lead by the Georgia Guard, the U.S. began conveyances which lead from Georgia to Oklahoma. All men, women, and children were forced to march at gunpoint by unscrupulous men whose only goals were to maximize profits along the way. These men exemplified this by giving rotten food and poor provisions to the Indians. Many of which walked...
