Hammer v. Dagenhart

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Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918) was a United States Supreme Court decision involving child-labor laws.

Backround

A father files a bill in the US Districts Court for himself and his two sons, who are under 16 and work in a N. Carolina cotton mill. The Districts Court files the bill in direct violation of child-labor laws concerning interstate commerce.

The Issue

Does Congress have the right to regulate commerce of goods that are manufactured by children under 14-16, as specified in the Keating-Owen Act of 1916?

The Decision

Supreme Court rules that Congress does not have the right to regulate commerce of goods that are manufactured by kids, therefore voiding the Keating-Owen Act of 1916. The Court maintains that the issue is not a moral one and further raises the question of federal control of morality.

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