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Landmark Supreme Court cases: Difference between revisions

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|Marshall
|implied powers  
|implied powers  
|Supremacy clause
|Supremacy clause (Article VI)
|Necessary and proper clause
|Necessary and proper clause
|<nowiki>-  Maryland tried to stop the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank by taxing it</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-  Maryland tried to stop the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank by taxing it</nowiki>
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- the Court ruled that the National Bank was legitimate and superseded (was over) state law, thus Maryland could not tax it  
- the Court ruled that the National Bank was legitimate and superseded (was over) state law, thus Maryland could not tax it  


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- the Court ruled that if the National Bank was legal (constitutional) measures to implement it were also Constitutional via the "necessary and proper clause"
 
- additionally, if a federal law was legal it is also "supreme" (Article VI) over state law
 
- Marshall's ruling denied 10th amendment reservations of unexpressed powers
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