In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland the state of Maryland taxed the Baltimore branch of the first national bank, which the bank refused to pay was consequently sued. The supreme court of Maryland ruled and said that the constitution is silent on about the federal power to establish a bank and therefore Maryland was free to tax the bank. Chief Justice Marshall overruled this hearing and stated that congress could rule on implied powers required to operate a functional national government and states that try to do so are unconstitutional. The major question that was ruled in this case was does congress have the authority to establish a national bank and if so could the state ta it. Another question was if the national government could sustain
