Tag Archives: child labor laws

Department of More Sick Shits versus children

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Naomi

I’d picked up horrifying news about how businesses have been greedily regressing to the 19th century, a time when child labor was just ducky. Today, this in the New York Times. I have no capacity for language about this gut-tearing … Continue reading →

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Bad laws in our nation ruled by law: Hammer v. Dagenhart (child labor is good)

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Naomi

8. Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918): Here, the Court ruled that Congress could not ban child labor in intrastate commerce. Sure, Congress could legislate against gambling and other vices, but whether children were to be kept out of mines and factories … Continue reading →

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