The decision in McCulloch v Maryland, (1819) increased federalism by invoking "implied powers" and established a hierarchical dominance of the central government over the states. This created a precedent that could be used to decide other cases in which federal and state interests conflicted.
Explanation
Marshall concluded that Congress had the right to establish a national bank as an implied power under the Necessary and Proper Clause because the bank was being used to further Congress' constitutional authority to tax and distribute funds. Unlike the Articles of Confederation, which preceded the US Constitution, the Constitution does not prohibit the exercise of implied powers necessary to assist in carrying out constitutional mandates.
The Court also held that the Supremacy clause, which elevates federal law above state law when the two are in conflict (and do not involve a right reserved to the state) protected the bank from being taxed by the State(s).
Case Citation:
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)
James Monroe
McCulloch v. Maryland: Chief Justice Marshall
The case was initially filed in the County Court of Baltimore, Maryland.Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)
The boundary lines between states' rights and the rights of the federal government to pass laws governing the states were made clearer by McCulloch vs. Maryland.
McCulloch was decided by a unanimous 7-0 vote.Supreme Court JusticesChief Justice John MarshallJustice Bushrod WashingtonJustice William JohnsonJustice Henry Brockholst LivingstonJustice Thomas ToddJustice Gabriel DuvallJustice Joseph StoryCase Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)
What is the problem of McCulloch v. Maryland?
Federal government
What were the long-term consequences of the ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland?
Federal government
Federal government
McCulloch v. Maryland prevented states from taxing the federal government. The state of Maryland was trying to impose a tax on all bank notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. At the time, the only bank of this sort in Maryland was the Second Bank of the United States.
The decision centered on Maryland's claim that because the Constitution was ratified by State conventions, the States were sovereign
Maryland wins
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland: ruled that states could tax the federal goveornment
What Constitutional power did McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819 test?
Gibbons v Ogden