 Rowan was appointed as a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1819 . During his time as a justice , he delivered a notable opinion opposing the constitutionality of chartering of the Second Bank of the United States . He also opined that the General Assembly was within its rightful powers to enact a tax on the Bank . In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland , the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a contradictory opinion . Dissatisfied with the confinement of service on the bench , Rowan resigned from the court in 1821 . Though his service was brief , he was referred to as " Judge Rowan " for the rest of his life . 
