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The founders adopted a federal system as a compromise between those who wanted a strong central government and those who wanted to retain strong state governments. Early colonists came to America
Two ways in which the Founders incorporated federalism into our Constitution. (1) By dividing power between the nation government and the state governments. (2) By describing the obligations that those governments must accord each other. Some powers that are shared by the national government and the states.
The case established federal jurisdiction over state governments. In his opinion on Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice John Marshall reaffirmed that the federal government had authority over interstate commerce by citing Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
