Supreme Court strikes down key component of FDR’s New Deal 80 years ago today (May 27 1935)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Schechter Poultry vs US (1935): US History Review'

(Monday, May 27, 1935; during the Great Depression) — The U.S. Supreme Court today decided Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, which held the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), a major piece of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, unconstitutional.


Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary)' (May 27, 1935, at 28:05)