Question

Ogden argued which law gave him rights operate his steamboats?


FEDERAL Law


STATE law
Answered by GPT-4o mini
Ogden argued that federal law gave him the rights to operate his steamboats. This was a key point in the landmark case *Gibbons v. Ogden* (1824), where the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the authority to regulate interstate commerce, which included navigation. Ogden had received a license from the state of New York, but Gibbons argued that his federal license should take precedence, leading to the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Gibbons.