Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0779

America First Constitutional Standard — Version 1.0

Case Information

Source
Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 22 (9 Wheaton)
Author
Chief Justice John Marshall (opinion of the Court)
Publication Date
1824-03-01
Content Type
Judicial Opinion / Legal-Normative Text
Opinion Issued
2026-07-20
AFCS Version
1.0
AF★CS
Verdict

72
/ 100
Mostly America First

Source: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 22 (9 Wheaton)
Constitutional Alignment: 69·Factual Reliability: 89

Holding

The power to regulate commerce among the several States is a broad, plenary power comprehending navigation and reaching commercial intercourse within the territorial limits of the States; New York's exclusive steamboat-navigation monopoly, being in direct collision with a federal license issued under an act of Congress, must yield to that act under the Supremacy Clause, and the monopoly is struck down.

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It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0779 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.

The Standard is the Standard.