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proper noun
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In our constitutional law class, we spent a week analyzing the long-term impact of the McCulloch vs. Maryland ruling on federalism.
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The lawyer cited McCulloch vs. Maryland to argue that the state's new regulation unconstitutionally interfered with a federal agency's operations.
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Possible Synonyms
- the Necessary and Proper Clause case
- assertion of national sovereignty
- the Bank of the United States case
- implied powers doctrine
- the 'power to tax is the power to destroy' ruling
Possible Antonyms
- limited federal government principle
- decentralized authority
- strict constructionism
- Tenth Amendment advocacy
- dual federalism
