Consider this situation: A president of a nation orders lawyers and judges to be put in jail so that he or she can remain in power and not be tried for crimes against the people.
What basic principle of American government does the above scenario violate?
Social Contract
Natural rights
Rule of Law
Self Government

battle of saint-mihiel, (12–16 september 1918), allied victory and the first u.s.-led offensive in world war i. the allied attack against the saint-mihiel salient provided the americans with an opportunity to use their forces on the western front en masse.

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both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

i would have to say i believe that it is a.