Flashcard sets with a 'gibbons v. ogden' term meaning '(jmon) interstate commerce, in this marshall court case, the u.s. supreme court invalidated a state monopoly and reaffirmed congress' power to oversee commerce between states. of all the cases that have interpreted the scope of congressional power under the commerce clause, none has been more important than this "steamboat case." the case established a basic precedent because it paved the way for later federal regulation of transportation, communication, buying and selling, and manufacturing. today, little economic activity remains outside the regulatory power of congress.'

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