http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_604/ <p>Did section 1 of the Federal Trade Commission Act unconstitutionally interfere with the executive power of the President?</p><p>The unanimous Court found that the FTC Act was constitutional and that Humphrey's dismissal on policy grounds was unjustified. The Court reasoned that the Constitution had never given "illimitable power of removal" to the president. Justice Sutherland dismissed the government's main line of defense in this case which relied heavily on the Court's decision in Meyers v. United States (1926). In that case the Court upheld the president's right to remove officers who were "units of the executive department." The FTC was different, argued Sutherland, because it was a body created by Congress to perform quasi-legislative and judicial functions. The Meyers precedent, therefore, did not apply in this situation.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_667/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_135/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_532/ <p>Did Congress unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to the President?</p><p>The Court held that Section 3 was "without precedent" and violated the Constitution. The law did not establish rules or standards to evaluate industrial activity. In other words, it did not make codes, but simply empowered the President to do so. A unanimous Court found this to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_854/