The Supremacy Clause: McCulloch v. Maryland
Grade
6-9
9-12
Lesson Duration
From Annenberg Classroom
This video (24 minutes) explores the supremacy clause in Article VI of the Constitution and key moments in the power struggle, including the landmark case McCulloch v. Maryland. In McCulloch, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote that the supremacy clause unequivocally states that the “Constitution, and the Laws of the United States … shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Source
https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/resource/supremacy-clause-mcculloch-v-maryland/