Question
What was the Progressive Era Supreme Court's rationale for not allowing a federal graduated income tax?
7 Making cigars inside of a tenement is obviously dangerous. Why did the Supreme Court allow it?
3 What did the Lochner ruling declare?
+ How did the Supreme Court in Lochner manipulate the meaning of the 14% Amendment?
§ Do you agree or disagree that courts should treat employees and employers as the same under the law, particularly in
regard to freedom of contract?
Answer
The Supreme Court in Lochner manipulated the meaning of the 14th Amendment to declare that the freedom of contract between employers and employees was protected by the Due Process Clause. I disagree that courts should treat employees and employers as the same under the law, particularly in regard to freedom of contract.