Harlan Fiske Stone

Supreme Court Strikes Down Agricultural Adjustment Act in United States v. Butler, Invalidating Key New Deal Farm Program

1936-01-06 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On January 6, 1936, the Supreme Court decides United States v. Butler in a 6-3 ruling that invalidates the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), striking a devastating blow to Roosevelt’s New Deal farm recovery program just eight months after the Schechter Poultry “Black Monday” …

Supreme Court of the United States Owen J. Roberts Harlan Fiske Stone William M. Butler Hoosac Mills Corporation +2 more judicial-capture new-deal corporate-resistance supreme-court agricultural-policy +1 more

"Black Monday" Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down National Industrial Recovery Act in Three Anti-New Deal Rulings

1935-05-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On May 27, 1935—a day Roosevelt administration officials dub “Black Monday”—the Supreme Court delivers three unanimous decisions against the New Deal, with the most devastating being Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, which invalidates the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), …

Supreme Court of the United States Charles Evans Hughes Benjamin Cardozo Harlan Fiske Stone Franklin D. Roosevelt +1 more judicial-capture new-deal corporate-resistance supreme-court constitutional-law +1 more