In the <em>Lochner v. New York</em> case of 1905, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not <u>impose limits on the number of hours that employees could work.</u>
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A law passed in 1895 in the state of New York mandated that bakery employees could not work more than 10 hours a day and not more than 60 hours in a week. A bakery owner named Joseph Lochner filed suit against the state, claiming the law was unconstitutional. At the time, the Supreme Court decision was based on the idea that such laws violated an employee's "freedom of contract." The majority of justices saw such a right implicit in the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, thinking that if employees agreed to work a heavy number of hours it was their right to do so.
In the time since the Lochner case, the Supreme Court has gone in the other direction, allowing laws that impose reasonable restrictions on businesses. An example would be <em>West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish </em>(1937), which upheld the constitutionality of a minimum wage law passed in Washington state.
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The Federal government essentialy tries to balance the economy: when the economy is strong, it implements policies to keep it from overheating, and when the economy is weak, it tries to boost the economy.
It also uses policy to reduce poverty, wealth and income inequality, and to promote employment.
Two specific federal policies are:
- Social Security and Medicare, which gives health insurance to poor and old people, and has the goal of reducing inequality, and helping those in need.
- Federal spending programs on infraestructure, with the goal of reducing unemployment, and improving the economy by updating American infraestructure.
Classical art is the paintings, sculptures and architectures of Ancient Greece and Rome.
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Trading good was apart of the Colombian. Stuff like trading horses, sugar plants, Tabaco but not only goods it also came with disease
