Question

Which answer best explains Ogden's view of the court case against Gibbons?

A. Ogden thought that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate trade.

B.Ogden thought that the state's right to regulate trade was violated by Gibbons.

C. Ogden thought that the state's right to regulate navigation was not part of the federal Commerce Clause.

D.Ogden thought that the state's right to regulate navigation was part of the federal Commerce Clause.

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Answer 1

Many states in the early 1800s passed laws to protect businesses within their borders. New York gave two men the exclusive right of steamboat navigation on the state’s waters. One of the men was Robert Fulton, who invented the steamboat Clermont. Aaron Ogden had a special license from the men to use steamboats on the state’s waters. Ogden requested that a local court stop Thomas Gibbons from running his boats, which competed with Ogden’s. The court agreed and issued Gibbons an injunction to stop using his boats in New York.

Gibbons appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. He had permission from Congress to use his steamboats between New Jersey and New York waters. Business that involves more than one state is interstate trade. Congress regulated interstate commerce under the U.S. Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the case.



The answer is probably somewhere in this passage, just having a hard time finding it.