Some parts of the New Deal were declared unconstitutional.
<span><em>A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. vs. United States</em>: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against US regulations of the poultry industry. The decision meant that </span>the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, a New Deal program, was unconstitutional in the eyes of the court and could not continue.
<em>United States vs. Butler:</em> The Supreme Court ruled that taxes instituted under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 were unconstitutional, negating another New Deal program.
The resulting outcry across the United States led to a number of antiwar demonstrations—it was at one of these demonstrations that the National Guard shot four protesters at Kent State.
What was the role of the House of Burgesses?
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first democratically-elected legislative body in British North America. This group of representatives met from 1619 until 1776. The members, or burgesses, were elected from each county in Virginia with each county sending two burgesses.
