ower more power because it directly was stated that the states could not tax federal agencies according to the Marshall court.Gibbons vs. Ogden was also a Supreme Court case during the time of the Marshall Court. Ogden had rights from the state of New York which declared that he could navigate the Hudson River. The National government later authorized Gibbons rights to trade between New York and New Jersey using a steamboat in the Hudson River. The Supreme Court favored on the side of the national government because Article one, section eight stated that the national government could regulate commerce between states. The national government gained power because the Court allowed them to trade and navigate the Hudson River in New York even though the state of New York gave Ogden the rights to trade on the Hudson River. The Court declared that Article six was apparent in this case by stating the Constitution was the supreme authority in the land or in the United States of America.Amendment XIII said, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Amendment 13 made slavery illegal which gave more power to the national government over the states because the original constitution never made slavery illegal. The Supreme Court ruled in favor to abolish slavery before it was immoral and cruel, but this ruling took away the states power and civil rights to own slaves. Section two of the 13th amendment said Congress has the power to enforce this article which basically said that no matter what slavery would be made illegal even if it is all right in the states Bill of Rights.The Fourteenth Amendment was a very critical addition to the Constitution for the states. The amendmenct declared that no state could deprive a citizen "life ,liberty or property without the due process of l...
