The 1937 Supreme Court decision in National Labor Relations Board v. This landmark case tested the limits of federal authority under the newly enacted National Labor Relations Act, commonly known as the Wagner Act, and determined whether the government could regulate relations between large industrial employers and their workers. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation marked a watershed moment in American constitutional law and labor rights. By upholding the constitutionality of the NLRB’s power to protect workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively, the ruling not only rescued the New Deal’s labor framework from judicial invalidation but also redefined the relationship between the state, industry, and the American workforce for decades to come.
Steps
The path to the Supreme Court was shaped by intense political struggle, economic upheaval, and a series of lower court battles that tested the boundaries of the Wagner Act. After President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law in 1935, the legislation quickly became
