Aggressive nationalism mcculloch v maryland and the foundation of federal authority in the young republic by richard e ellis new york oxford university press 2007 265 pp 2995 isbn 978 0 19 532356 6. Download citation aggressive nationalism mcculloch v maryland and the foundation of federal authority in the young republic this book examines the public debate that took place over chief . Elegantly written full of new information and the first in depth examination of mcculloch v maryland aggressive nationalism offers an incisive fresh interpretation of this familiar decision central to understanding the shifting politics of the early republic as well as the development of federal state relations a source of constant . Mcculloch v maryland 1819 has long been recognized to be one of the most significant decisions ever handed down by the united states supreme court indeed many scholars have argued it is the greatest opinion handed down by the greatest chief justice in which he declared the act creating the second bank of the united states constitutional and marylands attempt to tax it unconstitutional. The resource aggressive nationalism mcculloch v maryland and the foundation of federal authority in the young republic richard e ellis