Watch George Washington University Law Professor Charles Craver discuss the Taft-Hartley Act. Write a one-paragraph summary of the purpose of the act based on Craver's interview. Include specific details about what the act contains, as well as its relationship to the Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Note: You may also want to search on the Internet or in a library for examples of Senator Robert Taft discussing the act in the 1940s.

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

explanation:

the correct answer is history and tradition.

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