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This period of strict limitations on the powers of Congress is referred to as the "Lochner Era," [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/law/faculty/papers/wpDetail.php?wpID=216] named after the case of <i>Lochner v. New York</i>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/lochner.html], that was seen as symbolic of the trend.  The Lochner Era is regarded by advocates of big government as an aberration during which the Supreme Court sharply departed from the Constitution and followed flawed reasoning.  The Lochner era is considered to have started in 1897 with <i>Allgeyer v. Louisiana</i> and ended in 1937 with <i>West Coast Hotel v. Parrish</i>.  

This period of strict limitations on the powers of Congress is referred to as the "Lochner Era," [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/law/faculty/papers/wpDetail.php?wpID=216] named after the case of <i>Lochner v. New York</i>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/lochner.html], that was seen as symbolic of the trend.  The Lochner Era is regarded by advocates of big government as an aberration during which the Supreme Court sharply departed from the Constitution and followed flawed reasoning.  The Lochner era is considered to have started in 1897 with <i>Allgeyer v. Louisiana</i> and ended in 1937 with <i>West Coast Hotel v. Parrish</i>.  

The "Lochner Court" -- that is the Supreme Court sitting during this period -- has been reviled and disparaged by advocates of big government or a socialist approach to national affairs.

The "Lochner Court" -- that is the Supreme Court sitting during this period -- has been reviled and disparaged by advocates of big government or a socialist approach to national affairs.  Indeed, the four conservative Supreme Court Justices seen as responsible for the "Lochner Era" rulings were labeled as "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" by advocates of big government  [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/libertyofk.htm] .  The Lochner Court not only struck down regulations by Congress but also of State governments as well.

  Indeed, the four conservative Supreme Court Justices seen as responsible for the "Lochner Era" rulings were labeled as "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" by advocates of big government  [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/libertyofk.htm] .  The Lochner Court not only struck down regulations by Congress but also of State governments as well.

President Franklin Roosevelt was elected on promises to revitalize the nation's economy from the [[Great Depression]].  The Congress elected with him and the mood of the country shared Roosevelt's determination to take whatever steps might be needed in this urgent task.  Roosevelt proposed literally hundreds of programs and regulations called the [[New Deal]] emphasizing a big-government and even socialist approach to the economy.  The Congress was eager to enact this ambitious agenda and the voters were impatient for immediate solutions to the Great Depression.

President Franklin Roosevelt was elected on promises to revitalize the nation's economy from the [[Great Depression]].  The Congress elected with him and the mood of the country shared Roosevelt's determination to take whatever steps might be needed in this urgent task.  Roosevelt proposed literally hundreds of programs and regulations called the [[New Deal]] emphasizing a big-government and even socialist approach to the economy.  The Congress was eager to enact this ambitious agenda and the voters were impatient for immediate solutions to the Great Depression.