<P> By the time of Jackson 's inauguration in 1829 , the national bank appeared to be on solid footing . The U.S. Supreme Court had affirmed the constitutionality of the bank under McCulloch v. Maryland , the 1819 case which Daniel Webster had argued successfully on its behalf a decade earlier , the U.S. Treasury recognized the useful services it provided , and the American currency was healthy and stable . Public perceptions of the central bank were generally positive . The bank first came under attack by the Jackson administration in December 1829 , on the grounds that it had failed to produce a stable national currency , and that it lacked constitutional legitimacy . Both houses of Congress responded with committee investigations and reports affirming the historical precedents for the bank 's constitutionality and its pivotal role in furnishing a uniform currency . Jackson rejected these findings , and privately characterized the bank as a corrupt institution , dangerous to American liberties . </P>
what did the supreme court rule about the second bank of the united states
affirmed the constitutionality of the bank under McCulloch v. Maryland ,