The Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland set forth important principles in American government. The case itself dealt with whether or not the Congress had power from the Constitution to establish a national bank; also, it dealt with whether or not a state could tax or interfere with the national bank. More specifically, the question was whether the state of Maryland could, without violating the Constitution, tax the national bank. From McCulloch v. Maryland, Marshall stated two important political ideas: one, the doctrine of implied powers, which are powers that are not stated in the text of the Constitution but are given through the Necessary and Proper Clause, and, second, the doctri
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