In the first court case, the federal government overpowered the states. The McCulloch versus Maryland case showed that the court protected the second Bank of the United States. In the case, the state of Maryland tried to put a tax on a branch of the bank that was operating in Maryland. The branch of the Bank, naturally, refused to pay the tax since “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” (343). The court case ruled that the states had no power to interfere with federal institutions, which strengthened the federal government. The court decision was written by Marshall, who also added that a state cannot pass any law that violates a federal law. This idea would then later be used to expand the federal government’s power.
The second
The second