The issue debated in Gibbons v. Ogden was the regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws. This landmark Supreme Court case, decided in 1824, addressed the powers of Congress to regulate interstate commerce and affirmed that federal law takes precedence over state law in matters of interstate trade.
Which issue was debated in Gibbons v. Ogden?
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The separation of powers among the branches of government
The status of slaves living in free territories
The regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws
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