Agricultural Adjustment Act

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Act.&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 be “prohibited” to the United States by the Tenth Amendment.2

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This text about Agricultural Adjustment Act is based on “The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation”, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office.

[Footnote 1] 48 Stat. 31.

[Footnote 2] United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1, 63-64, 68 (1936).

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• Agricultural Adjustment Act and other Topics in the Contents – Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
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• Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution (Table of Contents)
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