Which of the following best summarizes your final decision of Gibbons v. Ogden?
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Gibbons v. Ogden was a landmark United States Supreme Court case decided in 1824. The case dealt with the issue of state versus federal control over interstate commerce. The majority decision, summarized, could be as follows:
The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, held that New York's monopoly grant to Aaron Ogden to operate steamboats on the waters between New York and New Jersey was unconstitutional because it violated the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate commerce among the states. The Court concluded that Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce was exclusive, and therefore, New York's attempt to grant a monopoly interfered with that power.
To summarize, the Supreme Court's decision in Gibbons v. Ogden established that the federal government has the authority to regulate interstate commerce and that state laws that interfere with this authority are unconstitutional.