McCulloch v. Maryland

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A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that established two important principles in constitutional law: First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's expressed powers, and second, state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the federal government.

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McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. This fundamental case established two principles. First, the Constitution grants to Congress implied powers for implementing the Constitution's express powers, in order to create a functional national government. And second, State action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the Federal government.

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Examples of McCulloch v. Maryland in the following topics:

  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    • In McCulloch v.
    • McCulloch v.
    • James William McCulloch was the head of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States.
    • Handed down on March 6, 1819, the text of the McCulloch v.
    • Discuss the significance of McCulloch v.

  • Early U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

    • Supreme Court decisions, such as McCulloch v.
    • Maryland attempted to impede operations of a branch of the Second Bank of the US by imposing a tax on all bank notes not chartered in Maryland.
    • James McCulloch, head of the Baltimore Branch of the Second Bank of the US, refused to pay the tax.
    • The Court rejected Maryland's interpretation of the clause and determined that Maryland may not tax the Bank without violating the Constitution.
    • Handed down on March 6, 1819, the text of the McCulloch v.

  • The Transformation of Law

    • In 1819, the state of Maryland attempted to impose a tax on the Maryland branch of the Second Bank of the United States in McCulloch v.
    • Maryland .
    • In the same year, Dartmouth College v.
    • Another important case over which Marshall presided was Gibbons v.
    • The text of the McCulloch v.

  • The Expansion of the Federal Government

    • In particular, this question arose in the cases McCulloch v.
    • Maryland and Gibbons v.
    • Marbury v.
    • McCulloch v.
    • James William McCulloch was the head of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States.

  • Hamilton's Achievements

    • Hamilton justified the Bank and the broad scope of congressional power necessary to establish it by citing Congress' constitutional powers to issue currency, regulate interstate commerce, and enact any other legislation "necessary and proper" to enact the provisions of the Constitution.This broad view of congressional power was enshrined into legal precedent in the Supreme Court case McCulloch v.
    • Maryland, which granted the federal government broad freedom to select the best means to execute its constitutionally enumerated powers.

  • The Second Bank of the United States

    • The result was the Panic of 1819 and the situation leading up to McCulloch v.
    • Maryland (1819).
    • During this time, Maryland adopted a policy to restrict banks by placing a tax on any bank that was not chartered by the state legislature.
    • The State filed suit against McCulloch, the representative of the bank, in a county court.
    • Supreme Court, where the tax by the state of Maryland was ultimately struck down.

  • Delegated Powers

    • Strict constructionists often reference a statement on the enumerated powers set forth by Chief Justice Marshall in the case McCulloch v.
    • Maryland.
    • John Marshall's writing about enumerated powers in McCullogh v.
    • Maryland established constitutional proof for strict constructionists.

  • Bankers and Lawyers

    • In McCulloch v.
    • Maryland, involving a federalist alliance contesting the state's authority, the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Second Bank.
    • In 1818, Maryland attempted to impose a tax on the state branch of the Second Bank.
    • In 1819, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, a federalist, ruled that the state of Maryland could not impede the power of the federal bank.

  • The Supremacy Clause

    • In Ware v.
    • In McCulloch v.
    • Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court reviewed a tax levied by the state of Maryland on the federally incorporated Bank of the United States.
    • In Martin v.
    • In Edgar v.

  • The Legislative Function

    • Congress has implied powers deriving from the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause which permit Congress to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. " Broad interpretations of this clause and of the Commerce Clause, the enumerated power to regulate commerce, in rulings such as McCulloch v Maryland have effectively widened the scope of Congress's legislative authority far beyond that prescribed in Section 8.