McCulloch v. Maryland (1819

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) is famous for its broad conclusions that (a), “necessary and proper” includes “all means appropriate”; and (b), that a state power to tax implies a “power to destroy.” Would American constitutional law have been better served by an opinion that reserved to the judiciary a greater role in judging the uses of national power? In other words, should the Court have set stricter limits for Congress?

The source is the case McCulloch v. Maryland with Cheif Justice Marshall’s opinion