The Debate Over Child Labor

HAMMER V. DAGENHART: 
Interstate commerce and children

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Hammer v. Dagenhart transcriptshttp://www.uhseport.net/published/u/hs/uhse001/collection/5/

Hammer v. Dagenhart was a court case in regards to a farmer's two sons, who were  between the ages of 14 and 16. "The attack upon the act rests upon three propositions: First: It is not a regulation of interstate and foreign commerce; second: It contravenes the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution; third: It conflicts with the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution." The synopsis goes on to say, "Is it within the authority of Congress in regulating commerce among the states to prohibit the transportation in interstate commerce of manufactured goods, the product of a factory in which, within thirty days prior to their removal therefrom, children under the age of fourteen have been employed or permitted to work, or children between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years have been employed or permitted to work more than eight hours in any day, or more than six days in any week, or after the hour of 7 o'clock p. m., or before the hour of 6 o'clock a. m.?" Basically saying, this was a bill that was filled to "enjoin the enforcement of the act of Congress intended to prevent interstate commerce in the products of child labor."-Hammer Vs. Dagenhart (UMKC School of Law)