USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Maryland argued that as a sovereign state, it had the power to tax any business within its borders. McCulloch’s attorneys argued that a national bank was “necessary and proper” for Congress to establish in order to carry out its enumerated powers.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court considered whether Congress had the power to create a national bank and whether the state of Maryland had interfered with congressional powers by taxing the national bank.

Detailed explanation-4: -[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Detailed explanation-5: -McCulloch v. Maryland is one of the most important Supreme Court cases in US history. It helped shape what the United States government looks like today by reaffirming the supremacy clause of the Constitution. It also set a precedent in how balancing power between the federal government and states.