ties of the people such as improvement and prosperity of the states.The Federalist Papers 46 also had federalism incorporated in it. Madison believed that the state governments should silently and cautiously build up an army, just in case the federal government was to invade the states. Therefore, the states could be ready just in case something like that happened. He also believed that the federal government powers are as little as those of the states in recollection to the Union.The "necessary and proper clause" is the significance of enumerated powers are a source of strength to the national government, not a limitation on it. This clause is also known as the elastic clause and was settled by the Supreme Court under the Chief Justice John Marshall. Marshall basically nationalized or expanded the "necessary and proper clause" throughout the United States. Marshall declared that the states did not have power to tax and national agency. Marshall believed that Congress had the power to set up a bank even if it was not clearly in the constitution. He argued that as long as Congress was abiding by the enumerated powers that there would be no problem with a national bank. Marshall expanded the interpretation of the "necessary and proper clause" because after that ruling, the national government could become more powerful without taking powers that were already enumerated. Marshall’s interpretation of the clause clearly gave more power to the national government and more or less limited the power of the state governments.McCullogh vs. Maryland was a court case during the time of Chief Justice Marshall’s Supreme Court. Maryland wanted to sue the bank that was in Baltimore because they would not give them the taxes given to them by the state of Maryland. John Marshall ruled that the states could not place a tax on any federal agency including the bank, under the "necessary and proper" clause. This gave the national p...
