How did the Supreme Court justify its ruling in favor of the Second Bank of the United States?

In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could create the national bank even though the Constitution does not explicitly name that power. Chief Justice John Marshall reasoned that the Necessary and Proper Clause lets Congress use appropriate means to carry out its listed powers. The Court therefore upheld the bank and ruled that Maryland could not tax it.

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