Why are minor (third) parties important to our government?

Third-party candidates at the top of the ticket can help to draw attention to other party candidates down the ballot, helping them to win local or state office.

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Third parties also serve an important role in our political system by forcing major political parties to address new issues they might not have previously addressed very much.

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in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

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