Eras: 1929–1941

1929–1941

New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann

Source: 285 U.S. 262, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/285/262. Mr. Justice BRANDEIS, dissenting. Chapter 147 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma 1925, declares that the manufacture of ice for sale and distribution is “a

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1929–1941

Humphrey’s Executor v. United States

295 U.S. 602 (1935), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/295/602/ Mr. Justice Sutherland delivered the opinion of the Court: . . .The Federal Trade Commission Act creates a commission of five members to be appointed

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1929–1941

Letter to John Collier

Mabel Dodge Luhan, Winter in Taos (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1935), 215–220. Last summer when I went to the Snake Dance, I talked with Fred Kabotie of Chimopavi1 about the

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1929–1941

Consequences of the Proposed New Deal

Source: Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-2. This campaign is more than a contest between two men. It is more than a contest between two

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The Judiciary
1929–1941

Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary

Senate, 75th Congress, 1st session, Report no. 711, https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Senate-Judiciary-Committee-Report-on-1937-Court-Packing-Legislation.pdf. . . .The committee recommends that the measure be rejected for the following primary reasons: I. The bill does not accomplish

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