It ridicules Luther Martin's argument for the respondent by saying his interpretation of the word "necessary" is as useless as holding "a lighted taper to the sun.
The ruling in this case refers to "confidence" as a "magic word" and declared that the Constitution cannot be "a splendid bauble." It ridicules Luther Martin's argument for the respondent by saying his interpretation of the word "necessary" is as useless as holding "a lighted taper to the sun." Arising from a refusal to pay fifteen thousand dollars to the treasurer of the Western Shore, this ruling upheld the notion of implied powers and approved of Congress's chartering of the Second Bank of the United States. FTP, name this case in which John Marshall stated that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy."
The ruling in this case refers to "confidence" as a "magic word" and declared that the Constitution cannot be "a splendid bauble."
{McCulloch} v. Maryland