Historical

The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a key element of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Program. The legislation aimed to stimulate the U.S. economy ...

In ALA Schechter Poultry Corp v United States, 295 U.S. 495 (1935), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). According to t...

In United States v Butler et al., 297 U.S. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. It held that Congress exceeded its taxing and spending p...

In NLRB v Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp, 301 U.S. 1 (1937), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, commonly referred to as the Wagner Act. ...

In West Coast Hotel Co v Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the State of Washington’s minimum wage law for women. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held tha...

In Steward Machine Company v Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Social Security Act that funded unemployment compensation were c...

In Helvering v Davis, 301 U.S. 619 (1937), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935. The Court ruled that the Social Security Prog...

Decided in 1984, Chevron USA Inc v Natural Resources Defense Council Inc, 467 U.S. 837 (1984), is one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most frequently cited administrative law decis...

In Mathews v Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the termination of disability benefits without a pre-termination hearing did not violate the Due Pr...

In San Antonio Independent School District v Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to education was not a fundamental right under the U.S. Cons...