JUDICIARY: Experiments in Economics

No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law—5th Amendment.

. . . nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law—14th Amendment.

The Supreme Court's economic power over all U. S. citizens is derived in large measure from these "due process" provisions of the Constitution. They give it the final decision in Government's ceaseless struggle to control and regulate Business & Industry. They are the legal refuge of every corporation (a "person"...

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