Supreme court documents

United States v. Butler ( 1933 ) This Court case belongs in the Freedom of Speech category. This case is about a person named Butler who wanted to declare the Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional. This is because of the fact that the government back in the 1920’s did not do much for the farmers. The Agricultural Adjustment Act was that farmers were being taxed and that tax would go to other farmers to reimburse them to not to …

…states that that company went on strike and that they couldn’t do that because the railroad is part of the federal government. When brought to the Supreme Court they came to a unanimous decision for the federal government to halt the strike. The reason why is because “When the American Railway Union struck, it interfered with the railroad's ability to carry commerce and mail which benefited the needs and "general welfare" of all Americans.”