USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This case gives meaning to the Necessary and Proper Clause and says that the federal government has powers not expressly listed in the Constitution (i.e. implied powers)
A
Marbury v. Madison
B
US v. Lopez
C
McCullouch v. Maryland
D
Roe v. Wade
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Supreme Court, however, decided that the chartering of a bank was an implied power of the Constitution, under the “elastic clause, ” which granted Congress the authority to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution” the work of the Federal Government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) States cannot interfere with the federal government when it uses its implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause to further its express constitutional powers. The U.S. Congress created the Second Bank of the United States in 1816.

Detailed explanation-4: -It found that a tax imposed by the state of Maryland on the Bank’s branch in the state was unconstitutional as a violation of the Supremacy Clause. Moreover, the Court held that Congress was given the power to establish a federal bank based on the “necessary and proper clause” of the Constitution.

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