The Constitution: Whose Interpretation?

Duration: 30

Genre: Educational | Historical | Legal

Year Published: 1959

Creator: NET SCIENCE PRISM PRODUCTION

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: "Court-packing fight." NRA, AAA, and many other acts passed during the start of the "New Deal" regime, which were declared void by the Supreme Court. The fight between Roosevelt and the Supreme Court. The Powers of the Supreme Court and how it received these powers. Dred Scott decision., Dramatizes the fight of Franklin D. Roosevelt to prevent defeat of New Deal laws through Supreme Court decisions and highlights his efforts to change the structure of the Court. Centers attention on the fight to save the Social Security Act and the National Labor Relations Act from nullification by the Supreme Court and also treats the legal decisions which voided the NRA, the AAA, the McGuffey Act, and the Municipal Bankruptcy Act. Recounts the process whereby the Court achieved the power of Judicial Review and set the precedent for voiding federal laws. Indicates how previous presidents and Congress worked to avoid nullification of their programs by the Supreme Court. Closes with the defeat in Congress of the Roosevelt Court Bill and the effects of the fight on future Court decisions.

Complete Record: "Court-packing fight." NRA, AAA, and many other acts passed during the start of the "New Deal" regime, which were declared void by the Supreme Court. The fight between Roosevelt and the Supreme Court. The Powers of the Supreme Court and how it received these powers. Dred Scott decision., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.