a. claimed the power to review acts of Congressb. ruled that Congress could charter a national bankc. ruled that a state could tax the national bankd. ruled that slavery was fully legal
b. ruled that Congress could charter a national bank The Supreme Court, however, decided that the chartering of a bank was an implied power of the Constitution, under the “elastic clause,” which granted Congress the authority to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution” the work of the Federal Government.
