McCulloch v. Maryland: The Birth of Big Government | John Yoo

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

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America was built on the principle of limited government—but the 1819 Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland changed that. In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, John Yoo, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, explains how the landmark ruling expanded federal power, strengthened the authority of Congress, and set a lasting precedent for broad constitutional interpretation. Discover how McCulloch v. Maryland reshaped the balance between state and federal governments and transformed the future of American law. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.9	Where does the government get its power?
0:34.7	The answer, of course, is from the Constitution. But if you search the text,
0:38.6	you won't find anything about the IRS or the Commerce Department or the Federal Reserve.
0:44.1	So on what basis do these government agencies exist? The answer is found in the 1819 Supreme Court
0:50.7	case of McCullough v. Maryland, the most important Supreme Court decision nobody
0:56.0	knows anything about. To understand it, we need to review a little history. After the Revolutionary
1:02.5	War, America's finances were a mess. In 1790, the first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton,
1:09.5	advocated for creating a national bank to help stabilize
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