AHC: Impeach Andrew Jackson

In his bio on Andrew Jackson ("American Lion"), Jon Meacham mentions the fact that Congress was considering impeaching Jackson because of his removal of government deposits from the Bank of the United States without Congressional approval. However, as Henry Clay noted, Jackson was simply far too popular to impeach successfully. A possible POD could embolden Congress enough to consider impeachment, but IMHO it would blow up spectacularly in their faces.
 
same problem (popularity) goes if we try to impeach him for overruling the supreme court on the decision about the cherokees (correct me if i'm wrong)

as uncostitutional as it might sound, jackson's ideas about indian removals were shared by the almost whole population of western states and by those in favour of "manifest destiny"

so yeah, they might have tried, but if henry clay says it wouldn't work, who are we to say otherwise?
 
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