Question

"The question of chief importance relates to the provision of the code to the hours and wages of those employed. It is plain that these requirements are imposed in order to govern the details of defendants’ management of their local business. The persons employed are not employed in interstate commerce. Their wages have no direct relation to interstate commerce. The authority of the federal government may not be pushed to such an extreme."

This argument was made by the Court in explaining how the _______ has gone too far.

Answer 1

Answer: New deal

Explanation: From history, the New deal was used to refer to a series of domestic projects and programs enacted in the United States by the then president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the period of 'The great Depression'. Franklin's projects and programs were aimed at easing the effect of the depression and returning normalcy to the country which has had a significant hit on th economy and living standard of the masses with significant rise in unemployment and overall economic decline. Roosevelt new des include the Work progress Administration, The CCC, TVA and so on. However, there were divisive issues on Roosevelt's new deals such as the one described above whereby some of his policies were seen to be overboard.