Which of the following is true about supreme court justices?
a. they are the country’s foremost authorities on state constitutions.
b. justices throw cases away if, after reviewing them, they cannot reach a majority.
c. they are the country’s foremost authorities on the constitution.
d. there are eight permanent members of the court and one temporary chief justice.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

the answer is definitley b!