Imagine Georgia charges Florida trucking companies a tax to use its highways to pass through to other states. Which of the following could happen?


A. Congress could use the Gibbons v. Ogden decision to support the tax policies in the state of Georgia.

B. Congress could order Georgia to cancel the tax, citing the commerce clause and Gibbons v. Ogden decision.

C. Florida could order Georgia to cancel the tax because of the commerce clause in the Constitution.

D. Florida could use the Gibbons v. Ogden decision to charge truck drivers from Georgia a similar tax.

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A,Congress could use the Gibbons v.Ogden decision to support the tax policies in the state if Georgia .(:

Answer: the correct answer is A. Congress could use the Gibbons v. Ogden decision to support the tax policies in the state of Georgia.

Explanation: Gibbons v. Ogden, was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.