Mcculloch V Maryland Explained. February 2226 1819 Reargued. Maryland 1819 In many ways the opinion in this case represents a final step in the creation of the federal government.
In its ruling the Supreme Court established. It was a landmark decision in the contest between federal authority and states rightsThe court upheld the power of Congress to charter the Bank of the United States and ruled that states could not tax agencies of the federal government. It found that a tax imposed by the state of Maryland on the Banks branch in the state was unconstitutional as a violation of the Supremacy Clause.
Maryland passed a state law that would impose a tax on the federal Bank which at the time was the only bank in Maryland.
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