to answer the question The subject to be regulated is commerce , and it becomes necessary to settle the meaning of the word . The counsel for the appellee party appealing to a higher court would limit it to traffic , to buying and selling or the interchange of commodities , and do not admit that it comprehends includes navigation All America understands , and has uniformly understood , the word commerce to comprehend navigation It was so understood , and must have been so understood , when the Constitution was framed ... The word among means intermingled with A thing which is among others is intermingled with them Commerce among the States cannot stop at the external boundary line of each State , but may be introduced into the interior -Chief Justice John Marshall , opinion of the court Gibbons Ogden ( 1824 ) Which of the following best summarizes this excerpt from John Marshall's opinion ? ( 1 point ) The definition of commerce is differently interpreted by each state . The most important area involving commerce is in securing the national economy . The buying and selling of goods across state borders ought to fall under stricter laws The transportation and navigation of goods is part of the constitutional definition of commerce

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The transportation and navigation of goods is part of the constitutional definition of commerce.