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'''William Rufus Day''' was a [[politician]] and jurist from [[Ohio]]. He helmed the United States Peace Commission to sign the 1898 [[Treaty of Paris]] - which ended the [[Spanish-American War]]. As a member of the [[United States Supreme Court]], Day wrote 439 opinions - only 18 of which were dissents: these opinions advanced state power and generally sided with [[antitrust]] laws.<ref name="ojc">{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/ohiojudicialcenter/w_r_day.asp|language=English|title=William Rufus Day (April 17, 1849 - July 9, 1923)|work=The Ohio Judicial Center}}</ref> He also sided with the government in the [[Standard Oil]], [[Tobacco|American Tobacco]], and both [[Union Pacific]] cases. He sided against government in [[Hammer v. Dagenhart]] - which ruled that the federal government could not use the [[Commerce Clause]] to regulate labor conditions, in this case a child labor law.<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5972/Day-William-Rufus.html|language=English|title=William Rufus Day|work=law.jrank}}</ref> This decision would be overturned by United States v. Darby Lumber Co.

'''William Rufus Day''' was a [[politician]] and jurist from [[Ohio]]. He helmed the United States Peace Commission to sign the 1898 [[Treaty of Paris]] - which ended the [[Spanish-American War]]. As a member of the [[United States Supreme Court]], Day wrote 439 opinions - only 18 of which were dissents: these opinions advanced state power and generally sided with [[antitrust]] laws.<ref name="ojc">{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/ohiojudicialcenter/w_r_day.asp|language=English|title=William Rufus Day (April 17, 1849 - July 9, 1923)|work=The Ohio Judicial Center}}</ref> He also sided with the government in the ''[[Standard Oil]]'', ''[[Tobacco|American Tobacco]]'', and both ''Union Pacific'' cases. He sided against government in [[Hammer v. Dagenhart]] - which ruled that the federal government could not use the [[Commerce Clause]] to regulate labor conditions, in this case a child labor law.<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5972/Day-William-Rufus.html|language=English|title=William Rufus Day|work=law.jrank}}</ref> This decision would be overturned by United States v. Darby Lumber Co.

Day dissented in [[Lochner v. New York]] - the case that began the "''Lochner Era''" - arguing that the federal government could promote public welfare over liberty of contract. Day also wrote the opinion for the [[exclusionary rule]] in Weeks v. United States - saying that the [[4th Amendment]] barred evidence seized illegally from being admitted at trial.<ref name="jrank"/>

Day dissented in [[Lochner v. New York]] - the case that began the "''Lochner Era''" - arguing that the federal government could promote public welfare over liberty of contract. Day also wrote the opinion for the [[exclusionary rule]] in Weeks v. United States - saying that the [[4th Amendment]] barred evidence seized illegally from being admitted at trial.<ref name="jrank"/>