Gibbons v. Ogden

Equal Justice Under Law

Gibbons v. Ogden (4th in a 4 part series).

Presents a conflict between the States and Congress over the authority to regulate commerce. In this case, which linked States' authority to license steamboats in federal waters with a seemingly unrelated issue, slavery, Chief Justice Marshall interpreted the Constitution to give the Federal Government the duty to determine the rules of commerce and established how to lay the foundation for an American common market nearly a century before Europe enjoyed it.

Purchase of the tape of this video was made possible through a contribution by Joseph Kulhavy.

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Education

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• uscourts.gov
• public.resource.org

[undrgrndking1]

Mr. Devries rocks!!!! this is kei btw for all you Government AP peeps

[twistedbeast]

wow...this was actually kind of informative. a bit cheesy and boring, but then most of con law is

[shadowbabe112984]

taxes and tolls at every state line!! HA

[shinichiBLUE]

lol "negro seamen act"

[darvishdivona777]

Thank You for this video!

[socalgurlilybabe]

yeahhhh mannnnn i like me some gibbon :)

[EllenLN100]

@undrgrndking1 yeahhh he's pretty much awesome.

[SleepyDario]

great video, actually :)

[jaimesandoval1988]

I agree to an extent.

[jonathangalinsky]

@jaimesandoval1988 much of what went on during the convention was compromise and bargaining, not agreement.

[jaimesandoval1988]

One could have asked the Framers of the Constitution whom were still alive what they meant when they wrote it.