The Court unanimously invalidated the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] in May 1935.<ref>''Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States'', 295 U.S. 495 (1935)</ref> But the following fall, the [[liberal]] Justices moved in favor of upholding other aspects of the [[New Deal]].
The Four Horsemen, together with Roberts and Hughes, invalidated key parts of the [[New Deal]] during the 1935 term. They struck down the [[Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933]],<ref>''[[United States v. Butler]]'', 297 U.S. 1 (1936)</ref> regulations of the [[coal]] industry,<ref>''Carter v. Carter Coal'', 298 U.S. 238 (1936)</ref> and the New York [[minimum wage]] law for women and children. and in , the Four together with Roberts voided legislation regulating the coal industry, and the same line-up voided a New York minimum wage law for women and children.<ref>''Morehead v. New York'', 298 U.S. 587 (1936)</ref>
The Four Horsemen were known to commute to the Court together as they worked out their arguments.
==Other uses==
''Revelation 6:1-8'' describes four horsemen who will ride a white, red, black, and "pale" horse respectively, and are often said to refer to [[pestilence]], [[war]], [[famine]], and [[death]]. They are often referred to as "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Ronnie, the Fifth Horseman, however, left before the group became famous and now works as a milkman. He is ''always'' on time.
A popular movie of 1921, "[[The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse]]," which starred [[Rudolph Valentino]], and may have popularized this particular phrasing.
Four stars of the Notre Dame football team in the 1920s were referred to as the "Four Horsemen."
A 1984 song by American [[Thrash metal]] band [[Metallica]] is called "The Four Horsemen".
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