the social security act was part of the second new deal legislation.
the social security act was part of the second new deal legislation.
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second new deal ,
the second new deal in 1935–1936 included the wagner act to protect labor organizing, the works progress administration (wpa) relief program (which made the federal government by far the largest single employer in the nation), the social security act and new programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers. the final major items of new deal legislation were the creation of the united states housing authority and the fsa, which both occurred in 1937; and the fair labor standards act of 1938, which set maximum hours and minimum wages for most categories of workers. the fsa was also one of the oversight authorities of the puerto rico reconstruction administration, which administered relief efforts to puerto rican citizens affected by the great depression.
new deal
in the 1930s, the supreme court struck down many pieces of roosevelt's new deal legislation, including the railroad retirement act. the court threw out a centerpiece of the new deal, the national industrial recovery act, the agricultural adjustment act, and new york state's minimum-wage law. president roosevelt responded with an attempt to pack the court via the judicial procedures reform bill of 1937. on february 5, 1937, he sent a special message to congress proposing legislation granting the president new powers to add additional judges to all federal courts whenever there were sitting judges age 70 or older who refused to retire. the practical effect of this proposal was that the president would get to appoint six new justices to the supreme court (and 44 judges to lower federal courts), thus instantly tipping the political balance on the court dramatically in his favor. the debate on this proposal lasted over six months. beginning with a set of decisions in march, april, and may 1937 (including the social security act cases), the court would sustain a series of new deal legislation. chief justice charles evans hughes played a leading role in defeating the court-packing by rushing these pieces of new deal legislation through and ensuring that the court's majority would uphold it.
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