... divisions of power between the states and the national government. In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, Taney signaled that the Court was not about to subscribe to the Marshall view of reserved powers. The Chief Justice refused to diminish the police power of the States when he declared, "[W]e cannot deal thus with the rights reserved to the states; and by legal intendments and mere technical reasoning, take away from them any portion of ... such a close and substantial relationship to interstate commerce that their control is essential or appropriate to protect that commerce from ...

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