New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence

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New Deal era Supreme Court jurisprudence refers to the body of decisions in the 1930s and early 1940s that redefined federal power, economic regulation, and constitutional interpretation in response to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation.

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instanceOf historical period in United States constitutional law
jurisprudence
appliesToJurisdiction United States
associatedJustice Benjamin N. Cardozo
Charles Evans Hughes
Felix Frankfurter
Harlan F. Stone
Hugo L. Black
Louis D. Brandeis
Owen J. Roberts
associatedWith Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
characterizedBy broad interpretation of the Commerce Clause
expansion of federal regulatory authority
greater deference to economic regulation
retreat from substantive due process in economic matters
upholding of New Deal legislation
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Commerce Clause
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
linked to: Due Process Clause

Spending Clause
Tenth Amendment
focusesOn constitutional interpretation
economic regulation
federal power
follows Lochner era jurisprudence
includesCase Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
Helvering v. Davis
Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell
Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Nebbia v. New York
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
United States v. Butler
United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Wickard v. Filburn
influencedBy Great Depression
New Deal legislation
linked to: New Deal
involvesDoctrine federalism
freedom of contract
judicial deference to economic regulation
nondelegation doctrine
substantive due process
keyHolding abandonment of Lochner-era freedom of contract doctrine
broad reading of interstate commerce to include intrastate activities with substantial economic effect
upholding conditional federal spending programs
validation of federal minimum wage regulation
validation of federal power to enact social security programs
validation of federal power to regulate labor relations
precedes Warren Court constitutional revolution
linked to: Warren Court era
relatedTo New Deal
timePeriod 1930s
early 1940s

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