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Thinking about changing the title of this one to "When the Supreme Court Stopped Being Conservative." What do you think?

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The Switch in Time That Saved Nine | West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish

In episode 78 of Supreme Court Briefs, a housekeeper sues the hotel she works at after it doesn't pay her a minimum wage. There's now an audiobook version of my Supreme Court book! https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band). Download the song for free here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/millennial-drag Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASa0ViqYcwiXCjDTLx0u5ALG1O9eie-P-yKv1yaiVQA/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/300us379 Other sources used/referenced: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/300/379/ https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/west-coast-hotel-co-v-parrish https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/capitalism/landmark_westcoast.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_switch_in_time_that_saved_nine https://www2.sos.wa.gov/_assets/legacy/aotc/elsie-parrish.pdf Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBOO4vWKYw&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOUVifyyS1A #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish was a big freaking deal because it effectively ended the Lochner Era, a period in which the Court, more often than not, struck down economic regulations and restrictions on businesses in the name of protecting contracts. President Roosevelt was certainly happy about the decision. In fact, 15 months later he’d sign the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Jakob Birnbaum

If only there was a way to expand the supreme court but not turn it into a political game such as adding an equal amount of conservative and liberal justices, since many people want to expand the supreme court but only for the benefit of their party

Jakob Birnbaum

Also not surprising that Mr. Beats' 2nd worst Justice McReynolds sided with West Coast Hotel.

Matt Beat

Oh there certainly is. It could work if the law said that every time a new president got elected, they got one extra pick on the Court. Repeat this for five terms at least. Does that make sense?

Ann Anderson

I am glad the government made it to where there is a minimum to pay but honestly it kind of screwed everyone over because a lot of states like Oklahoma still have a state minimum of 7. 50....and don't get me started on how A.I has made it harder for people to find work. I have a lot of opinions on how the government and the workforce don't really work well like they did back during Roosevelt's tenure as president. I am aware that it wasn't that great either, but I feel like we have gone backwards some instead of forwards.

Matt Beat

Yeah in Kansas it's still $7.25 an hour. The highest is currently DC where it's $17 an hour last I checked. It's nearly impossible to survive on minimum wage most places in America.