interpreted by different parties, with some arguing that it only includes buying and selling, while others argue that it includes navigation as well.
• The word "commerce" has historically been understood to include navigation.
• The word "among" means intermingled with.
• Commerce can take place not only at the external boundaries of states, but also within their interiors.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
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"The subject to be regulated is commerce, and ... it becomes necessary to settle the meaning of the word. The counsel for the a appealing to a higher court] would limit it to traffic, to buying and selling, or the interchange of commodities, and do not admit that
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comprehends [includes] navigation. .. All America understands, and has uniformly understood, the word "commerce" to comprel navigation. It was so understood, and must have been so understood, when the Constitution was framed..
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The word 'among' means intermingled with. A thing which is among others is intermingled with them. Commerce among the State
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at the external boundary line of each State, but may be introduced into the interior."
—Chief Justice John Marshall, opinion of the court, Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Item 5
Which of the following best summarizes this excerpt from John Marshall's opinion?
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• The definition of commerce is differently
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