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#* The Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme. They control the constitutions and laws of the respective states and cannot be controlled by them. A state, which represents only a part of the people of the nation, cannot act to control the government of the whole country. | #* The Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme. They control the constitutions and laws of the respective states and cannot be controlled by them. A state, which represents only a part of the people of the nation, cannot act to control the government of the whole country. | ||
#* The power to tax is the power to destroy. It is also the power to control. The tax that Maryland imposed on the Bank of the US is an attempt by that state to control an operation of the government of the whole. The tax, therefore, is unconstitutional. | #* The power to tax is the power to destroy. It is also the power to control. The tax that Maryland imposed on the Bank of the US is an attempt by that state to control an operation of the government of the whole. The tax, therefore, is unconstitutional. | ||
#** Note: This part of the opinion gave a wide scope to the [[ | #** Note: This part of the opinion gave a wide scope to the [[Supremacy Clause]]. A state law is void if it retards, impedes, burdens or otherwise interferes with the accomplishment of the congressional purpose in enacting the federal law. Unless the US government is supreme, it would be no better off than the weak government under the Articles of Confederation. | ||
|judgment=Reversed. | |judgment=Reversed. | ||
|reasons=A federal bank can | |reasons=A federal bank can |