What is a similarity between he US Congress and the assembly of ancient Athens? Both have the power to pass laws
Both are run by elected officials
Both are run directly by citizens
Both have the power to grant citizenship

The case was a u.s. supreme court decision that defined the scope of the u.s. congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of american state legislatures. the dispute in mcculloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of maryland imposed on it.