Supreme Court Case Study: Hammer V. Dagenhart Case

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Hammer v. Dagenhart case argued inaApril 15,16, 1918 and decided in June 3, 1918 by the supreme court. This case discussed child labor laws. during the progressive era America turned against what was perceived as brutal child labor, in the early 1900’s it was common for kids to work long hours in different types of industries, they had to work more than 60 hours a week, day and night, this brought the supreme court’s attention and that’s how this case was admitted to be discussed in the supreme court. Roland Dagenhart was the one that took this case to the supreme court, because he worked at a manufacturing business with his 2 sons in North Carolina, he presented his case with 3 constitutional arguments. He argued that kids were being forced

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