The government must abide by the law!

Lin Feng's brows moved slightly...

This, indeed, as Clinton said, is a cognitive difference.

Lin Feng has traveled extensively over the years and has visited countless countries. His experience is much richer than that of most people. However, he has not completely transformed ideologically.

It can be said that it is still fundamentally different from Westerners, or Americans.

This distinction is not about who is superior and who is inferior. It is purely an ideology formed under the two national models.

Lin Feng does not criticize this, and cannot criticize it.

Lin Feng deeply understands this truth due to his high position and power. When you reach a certain position, you cannot say certain things.

"This is the difference in ideology. When consciousness reaches a certain stage, it will bring a powerful energy to promote everything." Clinton said, "California's independent cognition started in the Windy City.

A brand new city is built out of thin air. No matter how much money you spend, boss, it will take time for people to accept a brand new city. Especially, the target of catching up is Hollywood."

Lin Feng nodded.

Lin Feng was worried about this at the beginning. After all, hundreds of billions of dollars were invested. Although he wanted to vent his bad temper, he couldn't really end up becoming a laughing stock.

But no one expected this result.

“What is the biggest problem for an American federal state that wants to be independent?” Clinton explained, “There have been countless state governments in American history that want to be independent, such as Kentucky, and Texas, which I am most worried about!

"

No one knows American politics better than Clinton, who was once the president of the United States. In particular, Clinton was once a lawyer and he knows American law very well.

"Why did the United States have state independence? From the beginning of the founding of the country, under the intervention of England, and in order to establish the country as soon as possible, the U.S. federal government reached an agreement with each state, which is the famous: Kentucky and Virginia

resolution," Clinton said.

The so-called Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were bills passed by the Virginia and Kentucky legislatures in protest against the federal government’s Alien and Sedition Acts. The Virginia Resolutions were drafted by Madison and passed by the state assembly on December 24, 1798.

Passed. The "Kentucky Resolution" was drafted by Vice President Jefferson, proposed by Breckinridge, and passed by the state Assembly on November 16, 1798.

"There is also the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is also the last article of the Bill of Rights. It stipulates that the states of the United States have relatively independent autonomy. The regulations of the bill are: Powers not granted to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited from being exercised by the states, are left to each state.

Reserved, or reserved by the people." Clinton explained, "In other words, the Constitution acquiesces to state independence!"

Lin Feng pouted. This is really American. A country actually allows division.

"However, this was the initial choice made in order to unify the country as soon as possible and avoid being divided by Britain and France. After that, the country stabilized and began to solve the drawbacks caused by these bills. Among them, the most famous one is: McCulloch

v. Maryland," Clinton said.

The McCulloch v. Maryland case simply means that the United States established the Second Bank. As for why it was called the First Bank, it was because in order to solve the various war debt problems left after the Revolutionary War and Shays' Rebellion, the United States

A bank needed to be established, so the 'First Bank' was established, which was the first national bank in the United States. However, after the expiration of the contract, the First Bank did not regain authorization from Congress because state governments were worried that the U.S. federal government would have too much power.

, affected them, so they all vetoed the resolution to continue authorization. Therefore, First Bank came to an end.

Its existence lasted for a total of 20 years.

After this, in 1812, Britain broke out the Second American War of Independence in order to regain its colonies. It ended in 1815 and the United States won.

(By the way, at this moment in China, it is the 20th year of Jiaqing of the Qing government. The national power has seriously declined, and the country has long been in ruins. The White Lotus Sect began to rise during this period. But no matter what, China at this moment, whether it is economic

Its strength and military strength are still far superior to those of the United States.)

However, in order to solve various economic problems left over from the war, the establishment of the National Bank was imperative. Therefore, the Second Bank was established. However, the establishment of the Second Bank also represented a unified national bank.

The establishment of financial institutions will directly affect the interests of banks and investors in various states.

So, in 1818, the Maryland General Assembly enacted a law imposing an annual tax of $15,000 on all banks or bank branches in the state that had not been established by the state Legislature. Naturally, in fact the only ones eligible for the tax were the Second Bank of the United States.

The bank has a branch in Baltimore, Maryland, so the tax law targets the federal government.

Regarding this law, the Second Bank, as a national bank, naturally would not pay taxes. Therefore, the result was that the state of Maryland sued McCulloch (the branch's cashier) to the state court.

Needless to say, this result goes without saying. The state government sued a teller of the Second Bank in the state court. This lawsuit is bound to win. The court ordered the teller McCulloch to be fined $100.

What is the concept of 100 US dollars? It’s very simple. In 1900, the price of goods in the New York Department Store of Sears Department Store (the largest department store in the United States at the time): the latest sewing machine in Missouri was 14 yuan with a base, and a Western cowboy revolver was 4.5 yuan.

Generally, pistols only cost 2 yuan. Men’s woolen suit covers cost 8 yuan, mid-length jacket covers cost 20 yuan, and leather boots cost 1.5 yuan.

As for that, if we push it forward another 50 years, that is, in 1850, the price will be even cheaper.

A trained horse costs about 10 US dollars, and a single-family wooden house costs less than 100 US dollars. This is a very low price.

A fine of US$100 is obviously very heavy for an individual.

Cashier McCulloch was naturally dissatisfied. Of course, he was an out-and-out Marylander. However, this lawsuit had little to do with where he was from, and it had nothing to do with his background.

This is a battle between the federal government and state governments.

Therefore, McCulloch appealed, but the appeal was still in the Maryland Court of Appeals. The result of this judgment was naturally conceivable. He continued to lose the case.

After that, the lawsuit went to the Federal Supreme Court.

Marshall, the federal prosecutor at the time, believed this was an opportunity to suppress the state government and prevent the state government from having too much power and leading to greater civil strife.

In the end, with the support of the Supreme Court, McCulloch won the lawsuit. This bill declared that the U.S. federal government had legal constitutional rights but exercised the prerogatives of the federal government.

"It can be said that this verdict gives the federal government the privilege to suppress state governments." Clinton lamented.

"After that, another war made independence even more impossible! That was the Civil War. It can be said that the Civil War was a civil strife. In our understanding of the United States, we have never considered the Civil War

, our winning side, that is, the victory of the Northern Army, is a war of liberation."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. This Clinton is indeed a former president of the United States. His art of speaking is so superb that it is admirable. This is a subtle criticism.

"Initially, the war was only for the unification of the country, not the liberation of slaves at all. After that, the northern army was unable to conquer the southern army, and even suffered heavy losses in the eastern battlefield. Moreover, because the southern army had been receiving support from the British and French governments, the occupation

Unfavorable. Under such circumstances, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation!" Clinton shrugged, "So, this has nothing to do with emancipating black slaves, it is purely for the reunification of the country!"

Everyone knows a little bit about the inside story of the Civil War. But as a former president of the United States, it is somewhat surprising that Clinton spoke out about his country's past scandals in such a straightforward manner!

"This is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a fact. Therefore, because the Emancipation Proclamation was purely for the victory of the war, it naturally did not have much effect. Therefore, racial discrimination in the United States is still serious. In this regard, no one can deny that

” Clinton said.

"But all of this is now completely no longer so solid!" Clinton was worried.

(Sorry, it’s really too late today. It’s just because it takes too much time to look up these historical information. It also takes effort to read and understand, and then try to write it out in simple vocabulary, so I’m late. There are only two results.
Chapter completed!