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What Constitutional power did McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819 test?
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James McCulloch was cashier and head of the Baltimore, Maryland, branch of The Second Bank of the United States who refused to pay a new tax the State of Maryland attempted to impose on the bank. McCulloch was the nominal defendant in Maryland's case against the federal government in the state courts, and the petitioner in the US Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819).Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)For more information about McCulloch v. Maryland, see Related Links, below.
The laws of. The states supersede those of federal government
The parties in McCulloch v. Maryland, (1819) were:James McCulloch, manager of the Second National Bank of the United States, in Baltimore, MDThe State of MarylandJohn James, intervenor (James brought the original suit in Baltimore County court as an intervenor, hoping to be awarded half of the Second National Bank's back taxes.)Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, John James, 17 US 316 (1819)McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819) [shorter title]
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It declared the state of Maryland did not have the right to tax the national bank.
Help Me !!(It declared the state of Maryland did not have the right to tax the national bank.)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
None. The US Supreme Court declared Congress had the constitutional authority to establish a national bank to handle the United States financial transactions under the Necessary and Proper Clause in McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819).In other words, the Supreme Court declared the national bank constitutional, not unconstitutional.
The case was initially filed in the County Court of Baltimore, Maryland.Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)
How did the Supreme Court’s ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland strengthen the federal government ?The court case known as McCulloch v. Maryland of March 6, 1819, was a seminal Supreme Court Case that affirmed the right of implied powers, that there were powers that the federal government had that were not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, but were implied by it.