TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 10 P23

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 10 P23 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 208 VAN DEVANTER WILLIS Willis Van Devanter. CORBIS. presided as chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from 1889 to 1890. From 1896 to 1900 he was an assistant . attorney general to the interior department concurrently serving as a delegate to the Republican National Committee. He also taught law at Columbian College now george Washington University. In 1903 President Theodore roosevelt appointed him to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and in 1910 President william Howard taft nominated him to the Supreme Court. on the Court van Devanter wrote few noteworthy opinions. His contributions came mainly in obscure legal areas that he had mastered while on the circuit court land claims water rights and jurisdictional issues. Rather than writing opinions van Devanter preferred to assert his influence in discussions among the justices. He often voiced his belief that government power should be limited. He took an especially narrow view of the powers that could be asserted under the . Constitution s Commerce Tax and Due Process Clauses. From 1918 to 1923 he joined majority opinions that found federal child labor laws and state minimum wage legislation unconstitutional. ironically van Devanter s most significant opinion marked a rare departure from his ideology. In mcgrain v. daugherty 273 . 135 47 S. Ct. 319 71 L. Ed. 580 1927 he asserted that Congress had broad powers to subpoena and conduct investigations. The opinion s impact was felt dramatically two decades later during congressional investigations of labor corruption and communism. in the 1930s van Devanter s desire to restrain government kept him on the Court. He had apparently decided to retire in 1932 but changed his mind because of what he regarded as the excesses of President franklin roosevelt. The president had embarked on the ambitious New Deal a broad legislative response to the economic hardships of the Great Depression. sharing van Devanter s opposition to these programs were three other .

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