WORLD WAR II - CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
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Background and Chronology
            Civil War and Reconstruction
            The Rise of the Corporate Robber Barons

            Progressivism/Liberalism

            The First New Deal (1933-1935)

            The Old Court and the Court Packing Threat (1937)

            The Second New Deal (1935-)
            The U.S. Enters the War - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
            The End of the War

 

Constitutional Considerations

            The Lincoln Precedent  

            Separation of Powers           

            Federalism 

            Judicial Review

 

Separation of Powers Issues - the Growth of Presidential Power 

            Foreign Affairs - Curtiss-Wright Import-Export Corp. v. United States (1936)

            Military Power - Ex parte Quirin (1942)

            Presidential Executive Power - Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935)
            Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. (1935)

            Reorganization Act of 1939                     

 

Federalism Issues - the Decline of States Rights 

            The Old Court and Federalism

            The First New Deal - Butler v. United States (1935)            
            Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937)
            Helvering v. Davis (1937)

             

Judicial Review and Judicial Power Issues

            The Old Court

                        Philosophy

                        Membership - Four Horsemen (James Clark McReynolds, George Sutherland, Willis Van Devanter,
                        Pierce Butler)       

                        Three Musketeers - Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Harlan Fiske Stone

                        Swing Justices - Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Justice Owen Roberts

            “A Switch in Time Saves Nine” - West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) - NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

                       (1937) -

            The Passing of the Old Court

            Judicial Appointments

 

Civil Rights Issues

            The Fair Employment Practices Commission (June, 1941)
             Race Riots (1943)
            The White Primary Outlawed -  Smith v. Allwright (1944)
             Eleanor Roosevelt and the Civil Rights Issue

 

Women’s Issues

            Women and the vote

            Women and the war effort - Rosie the Riveter

 

Elections: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948

 

The Impact of World War II on the Constitution
            Presidential Power Expanded

            The Twenty-Second (Term Limit) Amendment (1951) 

            Congressional Power Expended - State Power Diminished

            Judicial Power Enlarged

            Interest Groups' Power Expanded

Resources

World War II Timeline

World War II History

The Second World War (Spartacus)

Court Cases and Codes (Findlaw)
Japanese American Internment (Findlaw)

 

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