In recognition of the 200th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, AEI's Program on American Citizenship commissioned five distinguished scholars to author essays keyed to that decision. The program hosted a panel discussion with the authors to present their initial drafts in February 2019. The chapters of this edited volume are the finalized versions of those essays.

By Gary Schmitt and Rebecca Burgess

Introduction: John Marshall and the Politics of McCulloch v. Maryland
Gary J. Schmitt
Chapter One: The Destructive Legacy of McCulloch v. Maryland
Nelson Lund
Chapter Two: The Sound of the Third Hand Clapping: James Madison¿s Reading of the Necessary and Proper Clause
Michael Zuckert
Chapter Three: McCulloch v. Maryland and John Marshall¿s Constitutional Interpretation
Christopher Wolfe
Chapter Four: ¿A Friend of the Constitution¿: John Marshall¿s Defense of McCulloch v. Maryland
Robert Webking
Chapter Five: How an Economist Might View McCulloch v. Maryland
Abram N. Shulsky
Chapter Six: McCulloch v. Maryland and John Marshall¿s Judicial Statesmanship
Adam J. White
Appendix A. United States Supreme Court: McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US 316 (1819)