arguments in favor of the monopoly had prevailed...”(Cushman, 187) Marshall’s decision demonstrated a clear improvement of the governmentunder the Constitution, as well as began to set limits against trusts. America, as a free nation developed from the needs of men to be equal,should be equal economically too. Monopolies prevented free flow and faircompetition among businesses and was definitely an unconstitutionalcharacteristic of our nation. In today’s times it is hard to imagine businesslife like that, but for our economic system to have made it this far,decisions like Marshall’s were very necessary. Business, by its natureconsists of competition. Whether or not that competition will be beneficialor not to the individual depends on many factors, but one of these factorsshould not include monopoly laws preventing them to try and outdo rivals in afair way. Although some may argue that the intended effect of theLivingston-Fulton monopoly law itself was internal, it had a impact causing atotal of 9 other states to react by passing laws to counteract it, so itobviously had a impact on the rest of the nation-direct or indirect-andneeded to be taken care of and Mr. Chief Justice John Marshall took theappropriate actions. ...
