In 1832, the united states supreme court ruled in worcester v. georgia that the state of georgia had no right to force the cherokee from their native lands. why did this ruling have little positive effect? georgia had no interest in cherokee lands. president jackson did not enforce the ruling. the cherokee nation chose to move to canada. the trail of tears had already occurred.

although the legal justifications for the trials and their procedural innovations were controversial at the time, the nuremberg trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes

roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.