CLEP U.S. History I 052: Implied Powers and Interstate Commerce
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 10 | Lesson 10.2 Two Marshall Court decisions gave practical force to national economic power. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) arose after Maryland taxed notes issued by the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the United States. James McCulloch refused to pay. The Court upheld Congress’s authority to charter […]
CLEP U.S. History I 051: Marshall Court and Judicial Review
U.S. History to 1877 | Chapter 10 | Lesson 10.1 Chief Justice John Marshall led the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. A committed Federalist, he often wrote opinions that strengthened national authority and protected contracts and property, but his influence rested on legal reasoning and institutional practice, not a constitutional power to make general […]
