Part A For this task, choose any issue that is relevant to you or that is currently being discussed in your local or national news. If you like, you can reference something related to the issue that you explored in the first task of this Unit Activity. In the space provided below, explain a little about the issue you've chosen and why it is important to you.

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although the question does not provide references to task studied in class or other references, we can say that the issue that is relevant to me or that is currently being discussed in my local or national news is the official visit that the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador made to Washington D.C. to have conversations with the United States President, The news says that this is an important visit for both countries due to the close relationship they have as neighborhoods and the importance of trade. The reporter said it was relevant because Mexico, Canada, and the United States have signed a new trade agreement called USMCA, United States, Mexico, and Canada Agreement.

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

explanation:

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