An American history . ms in the springof 1801. Marshall held thishighest judicial office in thecountry for thirty-four years,and, by his famous decisionsinterpreting the Constitution,made for himself the greatestname in the history of theAmerican bench. When thepeace of 1815 turned the at-tention of the country fromforeign negotiations to the de-velopment of the national do-main, many questions arose asto the exact limits of the powersof the national government and of the various states. The people of the United States had giventhe national Congress certain powers enumerated in the Consti-tuti
An American history . ms in the springof 1801. Marshall held thishighest judicial office in thecountry for thirty-four years,and, by his famous decisionsinterpreting the Constitution,made for himself the greatestname in the history of theAmerican bench. When thepeace of 1815 turned the at-tention of the country fromforeign negotiations to the de-velopment of the national do-main, many questions arose asto the exact limits of the powersof the national government and of the various states. The people of the United States had giventhe national Congress certain powers enumerated in the Consti-tution, such as the power to lay taxes, to declare war, to raise andsupport armies, to regulate commerce, to coin money, and tomake all laws which were necessary and proper for carryinginto execution the powers granted. Marshall and his associateson the Supreme bench, in a number of important cases whichcame before them to test these powers, rendered verdicts insupport of the national authority against that of the John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,1801-1S35 234 National versus Sectional Interests 313. Martin For example, in 1816 the court of appeals of the state ofLessee, 1816 Virginia refused to allow a case to be taken from it to the Su-preme Court at Washington, on the ground that the state courtswere independent of the national (federal) courts. But theSupreme Court upheld the Judiciary Act of 1789, which allowedevery case involving the Constitution of the United States tocome to Washington on final appeal. 314. McCui- Three years later the state of Maryland laid a tax on theMaryland, business of the branch of the National Bank established in that3 state, claiming that the Constitution did not give Congress any right to establish a bank. Marshall wrote the decision of theSupreme Court in this case, justifying the right of Congress toestablish a bank as a measure necessary and proper for carry-ing into execution the laws for raising a revenue and regulati
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