lanier, do you think the supreme court today would have reached a similar conclusion or would they have recognized maryland's right? >> well, one of the things that mccullough v. maryland is such a landmark case, it puts certain questions beyond dispute. not for its time, but incredibly controversial decision for the entirety of chief justice marshall's tenure. but now after the civil war, it's quite set that the government has the power to do things like establish a bank to regulate the currency. the idea that the supreme court would, for example, say that the federal reserve or the great agencies of government are not constitutional exercises of congress's power, that wouldn't happen. we've gone too far to go back. >> the collateral thing, we keep forgetting part of what mccullough does is reaffirm the role of the supreme court itself. and i don't think the court under any reconstitution, no matter how much you go in either direction, is going to be the least bit interested in undermining itself. >> reversing mar berry, establishing its role to review. >>> you mention the federal rese