6 mar 1819 año - McCulloch v. Maryland

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McCulloch v. Maryland was one of the many significant court cases under John Marshall (who introduced the principle of judicial review in 1803 with Marbury V. Madison) and came about due to a dispute between the state of Maryland and the Second B.U.S, or Bank of the United States. The state did not agree with the B.U.S, and proceeded to place a tax on one branch of it, with the hopes of dismantling it, whereas the B.U.S responded by suing Maryland and taking the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Court ended up siding with the B.U.S, (with Justice Marshall stating “the power to tax is the power to destroy”), with the significance of this decision being that it placed the power of the federal government over that of the state government, along with determining the B.U.S to be constitutional. This lay the foundation for the future of Henry Clay’s American System, and gave those that believed in a strong central government, mainly the Whig Party, a larger brand of opportunity.

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