USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This Supreme Court Case addressed the issue of Federal power and commerce. In the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down one of his most important decisions regarding the expansion of Federal power.

Detailed explanation-2: -McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) is one of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1818, Maryland legislators passed a law imposing a stamp tax on currency issued by second Bank of the United States, in an effort to hinder it from doing business. In response, a cashier at the bank’s Baltimore branch, James W. McCulloch, refused to pay the tax.

Detailed explanation-4: -For McCulloch v. Maryland, there were two questions the Court was trying to answer: Did Congress have the authority to establish the bank under the Constitution? Did the Maryland law unconstitutionally interfere with congressional powers?

Detailed explanation-5: -McCulloch v. Importance: The McCulloch decision established two important principles for constitutional law that continue today: implied powers and federal supremacy.