USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Court ruled that the law limiting bakers’ working hours did not constitute legitimate exercise of stae public police powers
A
Bakke v. Board of Regents
B
Lochner v. New York
C
Escobedo v. Illinois
D
Mapp v. Ohio
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore, because the Court found that the baking industry was no more or less healthful than other common professions, and that the law was not related to the health of the employees, it was an invalid exercise of the state’s police powers.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Lochner v. New York (1905), the Supreme Court ruled that a New York law setting maximum working hours for bakers was unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-3: –Lochner, 198 U.S. at 57, 61. The Court concluded that New York had failed to prove that the Bakeshop Act’s maximum-hours provision had any close connection to public health. It said that if it were to conclude otherwise, states would have unlimited power over citizens’ lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -An 1895 law called the Bakeshop Act prohibited New Yorkers from working in a bakery more than 10 hours in one day or 60 hours per week and made it a criminal offense to employ a worker for more than 60 hours a week.

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