McCulloch v. Maryland Establishes Federal Supremacy and Implied Powers, Protecting Second Bank from State Accountability
The U.S. Supreme Court decides McCulloch v. Maryland, with Chief Justice John Marshall authoring a landmark opinion establishing that Congress has implied powers under the Constitution’s “Necessary and Proper Clause” and that federal law is supreme over state law, preventing states …
Chief Justice John Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Second Bank of the United States
State of Maryland
James W. McCulloch
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