Gibbons Vs Ogden Essay

In 1803 William Marbury sued John Madison for being denied the role of Justice of Peace and claimed that the executive branch was forcing actions on the other branches. Before Thomas Jefferson was elected into his role of Presidency, William Marbury had been appointed to be a Justice of Peace by John Adams, but the appointment process had not fully been completed. By that time Jefferson had been in his role of Presidency and Adam's role was terminated. Thomas Jefferson had then denied Marbury access to his role appointed by the previous President, even though William had been expecting a role. William Marbury brought the case to the Supreme Court, stating that not one branch of the government was allowed to force an action upon another branch.Thomas …show more content…
Ogden was held in 1824 after the inventors of the steamboat, Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston, were granted the ability to have a monopoly of all steamboat routes in New York. This then gave the men the power of selling certain routes to other small steamboat businesses. Of the small business were two business partners, Ogden and Gibbons, both sold a route from Fulton and Livingston. Given time, Ogden began to operate his two steamboats on Gibbons's route, claiming he was allowed to since he had bought the franchise from Fulton and Livingston. However, Gibbons had purchased a federal license for the routes and then sued Ogden, hoping for Ogden to no longer be able to operate on the routes. Once the court arrived to the supreme court, Gibbons’s attorney claimed that federal laws suppress the state laws with congress being allowed to control interstate trade. Although Gibbons had won the case, Ogden created the argument that Congress could only regulate trade at the borders where two states meet not within the whole state. Ogden lost the case because John Marshall had said that the commerce clause applied not only to interstate trade at borders, but within in all conflicts within the