... John Marshall decided that Maryland did not have the Constitutional right to impose any taxes on a federal bank, and he upheld that the National Bank was constitutional, invoking the Necessary and Proper Clause found in Article 1 of the Constitution, which states that Congress has the power, " ... people as well. Assuming then that people do count as commerce, the Commerce Clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution would give the federal government and their license the advantage over the state of New York's license. The Commerce Clause states that Congress has the power, "To regu...

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