be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. It is as much the duty of the House of Representatives, of the Senate and of the President to decide upon the constitutionality of any bill or resolution which may be presented to them for passage or approval as it of the supreme judges when it may be brought before them for judicial decision"(Remini 151). In essence, he was saying that every branch of the government had to consider the constitutionality of everything brought to them in their own individual way. Since he didn't agree with the Supreme Court, he claimed the right to think and act as an independent member of the government. Again, since the Constitution didn't mention the setup of a national bank, Jackson exploited this and said that it was his job to decide if it was constitutional or not. He got away with it because it was what most of the country wanted.President Jackson believed he should use his constitutional powers to the fullest limit. Everything he did he thought was in the white people's best interests. When he vetoed more bills than any other president before him, he did it for the public. When he needed support in politics, and he couldn't get much from his colleagues, he would turn to the Constitution and he would manipulate it so the law was seemingly on his side. Of course it also helped to be infallible in the public's eyes. His policy of persecuting the Indians was horrible, his destruction of the Bank of the United States ultimately hurt the citizens, his avoidance of secession was the only thing that was good for the country. But the people believed him and the Constitution, so to these he could do no wrong....
