McCulloch v Maryland (Part One) - Today In Supreme Court History

<p>Episode #58<br> Today on Categorical Imperatives we return to my favorite (and mot popular &amp; requested by you, dear viewers!) series "Today In Supreme Court History"<br> Because it is impossible to sit around and wait for a date celebrating the anniversary of the cases covered the "Today" in Today In Supreme Court History merely signifies today is the day I decided to make a video about a classic case of American Jurisprudence.<br> <br> McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/<br> <br> This case is considered by many Constitutional law scholars (and many of the best scholars like Rob Natelson, Josh Blackman &amp; Steve Schwartz) to be the most important &amp; foundational case in the corpus of Supreme Court case law (a claim I fully endorse.<br> The same scholars will also say that McCulloch is also the most misunderstood case in the Court's history (a claim I largely, but not completely, agree with)<br> That is why this will be a 3 part series.<br> This episode is part one - We will be going through a case brief I put together that should provide you the essential background in history &amp; the proceedings that are "necessary &amp; proper" to understand before the more advanced topics of the upcoming episodes:<br> <br> Episode 2 will be to refute a very common complaint we hear from conservatives about this case; they depict McCulloch as justifying vast federal powers under a broad interpretation of the Constitution. They portray Marshall as a “big government” judge. That portrayal is wrong. McCulloch v. Maryland is sometimes claimed to be “the most misunderstood” case in American constitutional law .<br> Episode 3 will be talking about how the picture of “implied powers” presented here, coming from John Marshall in the Courts opinion is the antecedent to any number of constitutional doctrines.<br> <br> Follow &amp; Support<br> <br> Come join me over on Patreon right now for as little at $2/month as a Citizen Producer<br> Patreon: www.patreon.com/cat