1.Which principle of the Constitution states that people are the source of government’s power? 2.Which principle of the Constitution states that the judicial branch can interpret what they Constitution means and declare gov’t actions unconstitutional? 3.Which principle of the Constitution divides power between the national and local or regional governments? 4.Which principle of the Constitution states that the gov’t must operate within certain bounds set by the people, or the people can limit what the gov’t does? 5.Which principle of the Constitution states that each branch is subject to checks by the other branches, to insure that one branch does not become all powerful? 6.Which principle of the government divides power amongst three branches of government?

Written into the Constitution Constitution stands above all of the forms of law in the United States Joins the national government and states into a single unit Established by the famous case McCulloch v. Maryland

Facts: In 1816, Congress chartered The Second Bank of the U.S. In 1818, the state of Maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank. James W. McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the bank, refused to pay the tax.

Question: The case presented two questions: Did Congress have the authority to establish the bank? Did the Maryland law unconstitutionally interfere with congressional powers?

Conclusion: In a unanimous decision, the Court held that Congress had the power to incorporate the bank and that Maryland could not tax instruments of the national gov’t employed in the execution of constitutional powers. Writing for the Court, Chief Justice Marshall noted that Congress possessed unenumerated powers not explicitly outlined in the Constitution. Marshall held that while the states retained the power of taxation, “the constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme…they control the constitution and laws of the respective states, and cannot be controlled by them.”