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...troy" and denied states the power to drive out the Bank of the United States with taxes that would reserve banking for state-chartered institutions. The states, Marshall maintained, "have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress." Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 - McCulloch v. Maryland (1819),McCulloch v. Maryland. The assertion of judicial nationalism that attracted the most attention during the period was McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), which at a time of economic upheaval focused on the most visible federal economic institution, the Second Bank of the United States. The first issue in the case, whether Congress had authority under the Constitution to charter the bank, was important not only in the instance of the bank, the constitutionality of which had not been seriously challenged for many years, but even more for other debates over the implied powers of Congress, especially the controversy over federally funded "internal improvements" projects such as roads and canals. Writing for the Court, Marshall took a broad view of the implied powers enjoyed by Congress under the Necessary and Proper clause. As long as legislation pursued a legitimate goal and did not violate a specific constitutional prohibition, Marshall wrote, any method Congress chose to achieve its ends was valid. Marshall also wrote in broadly national terms on the second issue in McCulloch, whether states had the power to tax the bank. Marshall emphasized that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy" and denied states the power to drive out the Bank of the United States with taxes that would reserve banking for state-chartered institutions. The states, Marshall maintained, "have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress." Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 - McCulloch v. Maryland (1819),McCulloch v. Maryland. The assertion of judicial nationalism that attracted the most attention during the period was McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), which at a time of economic upheaval focused on the most visible federal economic institution, the Second Bank of the United States. The first issue in the case, whether Congress had authority under the Constitution to charter the bank, was important n...