The Supreme Court ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland defined the powers of which area of government?

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court upheld Congress’s implied powers under the Constitution’s Necessary and Proper Clause. It also ruled that a state could not tax a federal institution, such as the national bank. Therefore, the ruling defined the powers of Congress, not the executive branch or local government.

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