HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 56: Aaron Ogden, United States Constitution, Commerce Clause
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Aaron ogden filed a complaint in the court of chancery of new york asking the court to restrain thomas gibbons from operating on these waters. Ogden"s lawyer contended that states often passed laws on issues regarding interstate matters and that states should have fully concurrent power with congress on matters concerning interstate commerce. Gibbons" lawyer, daniel webster, argued that congress had exclusive national power over interstate commerce according to article i, section 8 of the constitution. The supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the. United states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. The case arose when the new hampshire legislature attempted to force the college to become a public institution and thereby place the ability to appoint trustees in the hands of the governor of new hampshire. This led to a decision from the united.
