The chief justice whose court ruling a president famously refused to obey was Chief Justice John Marshall. This occurred in the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), where the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not impose its laws within Cherokee territory. President Andrew Jackson reportedly defied the ruling, leading to the famous quote attributed to him, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it." This incident highlighted the tensions between the executive and judicial branches of government.
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