Congress can’t kid around with child labor law (Hammer v. Dagenhart)

This is the latest in a series of Quimbee.com case brief videos. Have you signed up for your Quimbee membership? The American Bar Association offers three months of Quimbee study aids (a $72 value) for law student members. And if you go Premium, you’ll receive Quimbee Legal Ethics Outline (a $29 value) as part of our Premium Legal Ethics Bundle. Ready to go all in? Go Platinum and get 3 years of unlimited access to Quimbee and 3 years of ABA Premium membership (nearly a $1,000 value) for just $499. At the turn of the twentieth century, child labor was commonplace in American industry and farming. But social reformers sought to eliminate the practice or institute new protections for young children. In 1916, Congress passed a law prohibiting goods produced by child labor from being sold in interstate commerce. In the case of Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918), a cotton-mill owner who employed his two sons at the mill sued to…

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