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How did the Supreme Court define the role of the federal government in Marbury v. Madison (1803) and McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

Identify at least two examples in two sentences.

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In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court considered whether Congress had the power to create a national bank and whether the state of Maryland had interfered with congressional powers by taxing the national bank.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of McCulloch and found that the state of Maryland had interfered with one of Congress’s implied powers.

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