Question

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the decision of Chief Justice John Marshall was based primarily on the principle that __________________.

• A. states have the right to tax national banks
• B. federal law supersedes state law
• C. state law has primacy over federal law
• D. national banks could not establish state branches
• E. national banks could not be taxed by the federal government

Answer 1

The correct option is B federal law supersedes state law

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the decision of Chief Justice John Marshall was based primarily on the principle that federal law supersedes state law.