The Supreme Court has declared the Minimum Wage Law in the District of Columbia unconstitutional by a vote of 5 to 3, one member (Mr. Associate Justice Brandeis) not voting. This sweeping decision threatens the minimum wage laws already established or about to be enacted in several states, including New York, California, Kansas, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington. It has been generally assumed that if the law is invalid as applied in the District of Columbia similar enactments by state legislatures are also unconstitutional.
Chief Justice Taft, together with Justice Holmes and Justice Sanford,...
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