Question 7 • CCS CR - Founding Principles of the US and NC: Civic Literacy (Fall 2026)
In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), the Supreme Court ruled that Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce includes trade and navigation between states. When federal law conflicts with a state law regulating that commerce, federal law takes precedence. This expanded federal supremacy by confirming Congress’s authority over commerce between states, which is choice D.
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