FDR's Supreme Court Reorganization Plan

Use the following links to complete the Court Reorganization worksheet:

http://newdeal.feri.org/court/toons.htm (political cartoons demonstrating different views on the topic.)

http://www.hpol.org/fdr/chat/ FDR's Fireside Chat on his Supreme Court Reorganization Plan

Agricultural Readjustment- US v. Butler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Butler_et_al

Minimum Wage - West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Hotel_Co._v._Parrish

Interstate and Foreign Trade - Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Refining_Co._v._Ryan

Congressional Authority over commerce - Carter v. Carter Coal Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_v._Carter_Coal_Company

Congressional Power to influence state laws - Steward Machine Co. v. Davis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steward_Machine_Company_v._Davis


The following links will be helpful in your efforts to summarize landmark cases that occurred under FDR's administration: