Hughes Court

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The Hughes Court was the era of the U.S. Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, noted for its pivotal decisions during the New Deal period that reshaped constitutional law and federal power.

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Hughes Court canonical 7

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instanceOf era of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
apexCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
chiefJustice Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
constitutionalDoctrine broader interpretation of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
greater deference to legislative judgments on economic policy ⓘ
retreat from Lochner-era substantive due process in economic regulation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endYear 1941 ⓘ
followedBy Stone Court ⓘ
historicalContext conflict with early New Deal programs ⓘ
court-packing plan controversy of 1937 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Constitution ⓘ
federal law of the United States ⓘ
knownForCase Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins ⓘ
Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell ⓘ
Minersville School District v. Gobitis ⓘ
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada ⓘ
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. ⓘ
Near v. Minnesota ⓘ
Palko v. Connecticut ⓘ
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States ⓘ
United States v. Butler ⓘ
United States v. Darby Lumber Co. ⓘ
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
member Benjamin N. Cardozo ⓘ
Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
George Sutherland ⓘ
Harlan Fiske Stone ⓘ
Hugo Black ⓘ
linked to: Hugo L. Black

James C. McReynolds ⓘ
Louis Brandeis ⓘ
Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
Pierce Butler ⓘ
Stanley Reed ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
Willis Van Devanter ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Evans Hughes ⓘ
notableFor decisions concerning New Deal legislation ⓘ
expansion of federal power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
shift in constitutional interpretation of economic regulation ⓘ
precededBy Taft Court ⓘ
presidingPresidentAtStart Herbert Hoover ⓘ
presidingPresidentDuringMostOfTerm Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
startYear 1930 ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal

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