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What was not part of the Supreme Court's reasoning in McCulloch v Maryland?
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∙ 10y ago
The question as posed is unanswerable. A great number of things were not part of the Supreme Court's reasoning. First, any untruth would not be part of the reasoning, i.e. the "fact" that the sky is purple or the "fact" that leprechauns live at the end of the rainbow. Second, vast swathes of true things were entirely irrelevant, i.e. the fact that the Battle of Cowpens took place in South Carolina or the fact the naval impressment was a huge problem in US foreign policy.
There were two main questions in McCulloch v. Maryland. The first was whether the US Congress had permission from the Constitution to create a Federal Bank. Justice Marshall noted that although Article I does not enumerate any specific bank-making provision, it does have an elastic clause (Section 18, Necessary and Proper). This elastic clause gives congress the ability to do things that are not explicitly enumerated but may be required to perform things that are explicitly enumerated, such as managing interstate commerce. Therefore, Congress did have a right to create a federal bank.
The second was whether or not the Maryland government had the right to tax a federal institution. Justice Marshall tossed this away with the simple logic that we shouldn't be robbing Peter to pay Paul. It would also be ridiculous if every branch of the government could tax every other branch. He voided the tax as it applied to federal institutions and banned all similar taxes in any place where they might arise.
Anything outside of this general idea is likely not part of the Court's reasoning.
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∙ 10y agoIf federal law and state law conflict, state law takes precedence
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States power to tax the federal government was addressed in the supreme courts decision of?
A+ : McCulloch vs. Maryland
How did the Supreme Courts ruling the mcCulloch v. Maryland strengthen the federal government?
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.
What role did James McCulloch play in McCulloch v. Maryland 1819?
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.
What was the ruling of the appeals court before McCulloch v Maryland came before the Supreme Court?
The US Supreme Court case, McCulloch v. Maryland, (1918) was initially heard in Baltimore County Court, where a Maryland citizen, John James, sued James McCulloch for failing to pay taxes levied against the Second Bank of the United States. James hoped the court would rule McCulloch had to pay the taxes and that he (James) would collect a portion as a reward. The Baltimore County Court judge upheld Maryland law and found against McCulloch.The case was then appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals, which affirmed the County Court decision (naturally, the Maryland State courts would uphold their own state laws).McCulloch v. Maryland reached the US Supreme Court on a writ of "Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland."Case Citation:McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)
What effect did the Supreme Court decision in the case of McCulloch v Maryland have concerning A national banks were illegal B national banks were legal C national banks could be taxed by the states?
Contracts are sacred and courts must uphold them.
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The District Courts, the Circuit Courts, the Court of Special Appeals and the states's supreme court which is called the Court of Appeals.
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