Tag: Legislation
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War Powers in Peacetime
War Powers in PeacetimeTo some indeterminate extent, the power to wage war embraces the power to prepare for it and the power to deal with the problems of adjustment following its cessation. Justice Story emphasized that "[i]t is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war…
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Railroad Retirement Act
Railroad Retirement ActStill pursuing the idea of protecting commerce and the labor engaged in it concurrently, Congress, by the Railroad Retirement Act of June 27, 1934,1 ordered the compulsory retirement of superannuated employees of interstate car…
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Legislative Power in Wartime
Delegation of Legislative Power in WartimeDuring wartime, Congress has been prone to delegate more powers to the President than at other times.1 The Court, however, has insisted that, "[i]n peace or war it is essential that the Constitution be s…
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National Industrial Recovery Act
National Industrial Recovery ActThe initial effort of Congress to deal with this situation was embodied in the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933.1 The opening section of the Act asserted the existence of "a national emergency pro…
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National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations ActThe case in which the Court reduced the distinction between "direct" and "indirect" effects to the vanishing point and thereby placed Congress in the position to regulate productive industry and labor relations in these industries was NLRB v. Jones & L…
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Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards ActIn 1938, Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act. The measure prohibited not only the shipment in interstate commerce of goods manufactured by employees whose wages are less than the prescribed maximum but also the employment of workmen in the production of goods for su…
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Bituminous Coal Conservation Act
Bituminous Coal Conservation ActThe third measure to be disallowed was the Guffey-Snyder Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935.1 The statute created machinery for the regulation of the price of soft coal, both that sold in interstate commerce and …
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
Agricultural Adjustment ActAct.&emdash;Congress's second attempt to combat the Depression was the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933.1 As is pointed out elsewhere, the measure was set aside as an attempt to regulate production, a subject held to…
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Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
Agricultural Marketing Agreement ActAfter its initial frustrations, Congress returned to the task of bolstering agriculture by passing the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of June 3, 1937,1 authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to fix the mini…