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Decision The Constitution In Action

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keywords: president franklin d. roosevelt, united states supreme court, social security act, minimum wage law

Synopsis: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signs and defends a slate of New Deal Laws - the Social Security Act, Minimum Wage Law, Railroad Retirement Act, National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA, Judicial Procedures Reform Bill which brings him in direct conflict with the United States Supreme Court with some of the laws and acts be declared unconstitutional while others are validated and have a huge impact on American society today...(read more)

  • Date: 1930's
  • Duration: 00:18:48
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

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Decision - The Constitution In Action

Documents the conflict between many of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Laws and Acts, including Social Security and the United States Supreme Court from 1935 until the Social Security Act was upheld in 1937

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00:00:00;15

On August 14, 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. This act which included payroll taxes was challenged in a Federal District Court by attorneys for George T Davis, a shareholder in the Edison Company of Boston.

00:01:07;06

Trains, railroads, railroad workers, railroad crossing signals in the 1930's as voice over (audio) explained the Railroad Retirement Act of 1934 which was declared void by the United States Supreme Court in 1935. Image of the members or Justices of the Supreme Court in 1935. CU image of Supreme Court Justice Roberts.

00:02:42;23

In district courts injunctions were granted against many New Deal Laws. The New Deal Laws that were taken up and ruled on by the Supreme Court in 1935-1936 were the National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA, the Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA, the Guffey-Snyder Act Guffey Coal Act, the Federal Municipal Bankruptcy Act. The Supreme Court ruled against all of these laws or acts and announced them void.

00:05:30;13

Scenes of the 1936 Republican National Convention in Cleveland Ohio; Alfred Alf Landon won nomination and selected Frank Knox as his Vice President running mate. Later the same month the Democrats renominated Roosevelt and James Garner.

00:06:17;03

Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt January 1937.

00:07:03;16

President Franklin D. Roosevelt battling for his New Deal laws declared void by the Supreme Court had a plan to reform the United States Supreme Court and presented his plan to Congress and then explained his plan to the people.

The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, called the Court-Packing Plan, was a legislative proposed by FDR in an effort to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal Legislation the court had ruled unconstitutional.

Newspaper headlines reads Roosevelt Faces Battle In Senate In Move To Enlarge Supreme Court. Supreme Court Chief Justice Hughes speaks out in opposition to Roosevelt's plan. Senator Copeland, Senator Burke, Senator Vandenburg and Herbert Hoover speaks out in opposition to the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937.

00:14:23;05

Offices set up to administer Social Security even thought this New Deal Law had not been ruled on by the Supreme Court. On January 1, 1937 26-million employees had began building up credits for Social Security benefits. Shows requests for Social Security benefits being processed.

00:15:14;06

President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking in favor of New Deal Laws and Acts, including Social Security, which was was awaiting Supreme Court decisions.The tide turned when the Supreme Court ruled a Washington State minimum wage law was constitutional. Later the Supreme Court upheld the Wagner Labor Act that had been signed into law on July 5, 1935. This led to the Social Security Act being upheld by the United States Supreme Court on May 24,1937. Still image of members of the 1937 Supreme court.