The Supreme Court and the Role of Government Answers

This passage describes the legal principle of .

This principle says it is the Court's job to decide if actions are allowed by .

Claimed only state-licensed steamboats could operate in state waters

Claimed the federal government had power over interstate commerce

Had a federal steamboat license

Gibbons v. Ogden addressed Congress's power to control interstate trade under . The Supreme Court's decision reinforced the idea of , which said that the national government had higher authority than the states.

Claimed only state-licensed steamboats could operate in state waters

This passage describes the legal principle of .

Congress has the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the Constitution.

Had a federal steamboat license

Gibbons v. Ogden addressed Congress's power to control interstate trade under . The Supreme Court's decision reinforced the idea of , which said that the national government had higher authority than the states.

Had a state steamboat license

This principle says it is the Court's job to decide if actions are allowed by .

Maryland cannot tax federal money because federal law and the federal government are superior.

Had a state steamboat license

Claimed the federal government had power over interstate commerce