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 .

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

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

Claimed only state-licensed steamboats could operate in state waters

Had a federal steamboat license

Had a state steamboat license

Claimed the federal government had power over interstate commerce

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.

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.