In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the U.S. Supreme Court decided the fate not only of the Second Bank of the United States but also the shape of America’s constitutional republic. Writing on behalf of …

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the U.S. Supreme Court decided the fate not only of the Second Bank of the United States but also the shape of America’s constitutional republic. Writing on behalf of …
Compass is an online journal that provides a space for the work of talented undergraduates who have original and well-articulated insights on important ideas and issues relating to American democracy understood in the broad contexts of political philosophy, history, literature, economics, and culture.