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Quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland by Supreme Court of the United States
“In discussing this question, the counsel for the State of Maryland have deemed it of some importance, in the construction of the Constitution, to consider that instrument not as emanating from the people, but as the act of sovereign and independent States.”
McCulloch v. Maryland, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), first question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall restates the compact theory urged by Maryland's counsel before answering it.
Citation: "In discussing this question, the counsel for the State of Maryland have deemed it of some importance, in the construction of the Constitution, to consider that instrument not as emanating from the people, but as the act of sovereign and independent States." — Supreme Court of the United States, McCulloch v. Maryland, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), first question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id mcculloch-v-maryland-q5)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
