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2nd Hour

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John Marshall argued that the

constitution and the federal

government received authority

directly from the people, not

by the way of state governments.

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the state or condition of being

superior to all others in authority,

power, or status

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Chief justice John Marshall ruled

that Maryland had no right to tax

the bank because it was a federal

institution

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Argued on February 26, 1819

Decided on March 16, 1819

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Maryland didn't agree with what Mcculloch was doing.

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Maryland imposed a tax on the Baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states. The bank refused to pay the state tax. The case, McCulloch v. Maryland, reached court in 1819.