Black Monday
Just three weeks after its defeat in the railroad pension case, the Roosevelt administration suffered its most severe setback, on May 27, 1935: "Black Monday". Chief Justice Hughes arranged for the decisions announced from the bench that day to be read in order of increasing importance. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Roosevelt in three cases
Read more about this topic: Judicial Procedures Reform Bill Of 1937
Famous quotes containing the words black and/or monday:
“I’m a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)
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As I have looked in the moone bright,
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—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)