PSC 2302 Lecture 7: McCulloch v Maryland
15 Sep 2016
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If pred and congress pass an unconstitutional law. One of the options is to through them out: seen in the election of 1800, sedition makes it unlawful to criticize the nationals government. Jefferson and adams were secretly leading these states to interpose national acts. Issues that lead to this case: mcculloch was the treasurer for this 2nd bank and maryland was a bit low on money, so maryland taxes them so much to shut them down and mcculloch refuses. He loses in the lower level appeals: two questions. Does congress have the power to make a bank: highlights the nature of congress during the new times under the. Does the power to tax extend to everything within the state"s borders or does. Md have the power to tax bank: highlights relationship b/w state and federal government, the decision, question 1 - very textual, argument broken down into 3, nature of sovereignty and ratification.
