Chapter 651: The President Wrestled With the Supreme Court

Since coming to power, Roosevelt has announced a series of policies to stimulate the economy, including the "Agricultural Adjustment Act", "National Labor Relations Act",

The Fair Labor Standards Act, the Social Security Act, the Securities Exchange Act, the Industrial Recovery Act, and more.

In particular, the Public Labor Standards Act and the Industrial Recovery Act are seriously unconstitutional.

But there is a premise that these policies emerged under the premise of the Great Depression and strong demands from all walks of life for the government to regulate the market economy.

The elders of the Supreme Court were unmoved. They still insisted on the "supremacy" of the Constitution, and they gave Roosevelt another blow in the past few days.

The four Schechter brothers belong to a Jewish family and live in Brooklyn, New York. The poultry company they run is mainly engaged in the middleman business of purchasing poultry for sale after slaughter.

In the 1930s, due to the collapse of the Union State Bank of New York, all the funds stored by the Schechter family in the bank were wiped out, but they survived with difficulty.

In 1934, they were sued by the National Industrial Recovery Administration for violating the relevant provisions of the New York Metropolitan and Surrounding Areas Live Poultry Industry Fair Competition Act.

For example: "price control," the price of chicken is lower than the government's price, "direct slaughtering," customers have no right to choose a single poultry, whichever one they get counts.

That is, you are not given the right to pick and choose, and you pay yourself less than the minimum wage (because you can hire a few more workers than others).

In November 1934, the Schechter brothers were convicted in the Eastern District Court of New York, and they were sentenced to a fine and short-term imprisonment.

At the time, The New York Times proclaimed: "NRA wins first felony case."

But the Schechter brothers appealed to the Supreme Court against the verdict.

During the trial, the justice questioned the "direct slaughter" and asked curiously: What should the customers do if all the chickens are crowded at the other end of the chicken coop?

Because according to the law, they can't choose at all, they can only grab them casually, but there is no chicken in front of them? ? ? ?

In the end, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled 9-0 that the Industrial Recovery Act was unconstitutional and the Schechter brothers were not guilty.

The NRA (National Industrial Renaissance Administration), which was established for only 14 months, came to an end.

Far away in London on the other side, the headline on the front page of the "Express" read: "America is stunned, Roosevelt's job was killed in 20 minutes!" '

"Ha...Will Roosevelt want to hit someone when he reads this report?" Li Zitao, still holding the "Express" beside him, patted his thigh and smiled gloatingly.

In the more than two years since he took office, the Supreme Court rejected Roosevelt's seven new policies and declared them unconstitutional. I believe this will not be the last one.

"I think so." Ava folded the newspaper and said with a smile.

"Maybe I should help my beloved Mr. President... how about inviting the justice to be Mahathir's senior adviser?" Li Zitao rubbed his chin, thinking that this idea is good.

This is not a bribe, but a warm-up for them. Mahathir’s law firm is “Friends of the Poor,” and they specialize in bringing justice to the poor.

The annual salary is 22,000 US dollars according to the standard of senior consultants, which I believe is enough to satisfy them.

Doing so can increase the reputation of Mahathir's law firm, deepen his relationship with Roosevelt, and allow him to get top legal consultants, killing three birds with one stone.

"By the way, Black seems to know Chief Justice Hughes, and it's a good idea to let him be the matchmaker!"

Li Zitao, who returned home, immediately contacted Hugo Black, indicating that he wanted to invite the three justices to serve as senior advisers to Mahathir's law firm.

Among them, Justice Holmes has retired, and Roosevelt asked his attorney general to propose to Congress to make a temporary restoration decision on his pension.

The justice who supported Roosevelt's New Deal retired smoothly, and his successor was naturally chosen by Roosevelt.

Unfortunately, among the nine justices, the conservatives have absolute voting rights.

Other justices will also give priority to consideration from a judicial perspective.

It's not that being nominated by Roosevelt is his person, it doesn't exist.

Just like the previous President Hoover, the justice nominated by him caused him a lot of trouble after he took office.

So much so that he said, 'This nomination is the worst mistake I've ever made in my life'.

Invite the retired justice, and then invite the two justices, Van der Vent and Sutherland, so that the intention will not be so obvious.

Although it is deception, but at least there is a fig leaf, and the purpose will not be as strong as it appears.

"I'll try it, Charlie...Thank you for your hospitality that night." Blake's laughter was a bit wretched, it seems that the old guy had a great time at night!

When he was leaving, Li Zitao made a special trip to have the two hot girls delivered to the hotel where he lived, and he also paid a 24-hour service fee of $3,000.

Nearly 70 years old, double flying Yingyan, tsk tsk...

Let Black contact the three justices, and AD-B also got a reply.

The annual purchase of 1 ton of gold is priced at US$32 per ounce, and the price of gold bricks is US$34, which is US$1 cheaper than the market price.

But when smelting and consumption are included, the cheap price is more than that.

The annual purchase volume of 2 tons, plus the transportation fee is 2.43 million US dollars, which is a very cost-effective price.

"Dad, I want a statuette like Hollywood." Li Zitao's thigh was hugged by his son Mason as soon as he came out of the study.

"Why?" Li Zitao asked curiously as he hugged him.

"Pretty... gold... sell for money." The logic is very smooth, because it is gold, it can be sold for money at critical moments, and has enough value.

"No problem." Li Zitao said with a smile.

"No." Mary's voice came from the end of the corridor: "Mason, your birthday has passed."

Mary still has complaints about her husband giving the 'King' as a birthday present to her two sons.

They're only two years old and should develop good values, they'll get spoiled.

"It seems that your wish is about to come to nothing." Li Zitao said helplessly to his son.

"Can't you just hold on once?" Son Mason said disdainfully, rolling his eyes.

"Hey, because what mom said is right, and I love her very much, that's the point." Li Zitao patted his butt angrily.

"If you beat me again, I will report your evil deeds to the Care Funds and let them take you away." Mason rubbed his little butt and raised his fist.

"They will only take you away. Do you want to leave us? Maybe I should discuss it with my mother." Sometimes Li Zitao wondered if he had given birth to two monsters.

It's just that they have just turned 2 years old, where did they know so much, or is it because they are well-informed when they usually follow Mary outside?

"Uh..." Hearing that he was going to be taken away, the little guy shook his head with lingering fear; "Forget it...I'm pretty satisfied with this family."

"Huh?" Li Zitao looked at him in bewilderment, what the fk?