United States v. ALA Schechter Poultry Corporation

I am one of the majority who think that counts 46 and 55 should be reversed, and the question at stake has enough importance to justify a statement of- my reasons. It is always a serious thing to declare any act of Congress unconstitutional, and especially in a. case where it is a part of a comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation of the nation as a whole. With the wisdom of that plan we have nothing whatever to do; and were only the Fifth Amendment involved I should be prepared to read the powers of Congress in the broadest possible way. Moreover, the phrase “fair competition” seems to me a…