Which statement best describes the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?
a. Chief Justice Marshall concluded that the creation of the Bank of the United States was "necessary and proper" as a means to carry out other powers that Article I explicitly granted to Congress.
b. Congress can only regulate commercial activity that actually reaches over state lines.
c. States cannot declare illegal what the Congress has stipulated as law.
d. The people of a single state cannot confer a "sovereignty" that would extend beyond the borders of the state.
a
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