In the midst of the Progressive Era, there were reforms and regulations to make society better for all, and not only the wealthy class. But the Lochner case showed that the Supreme Court did not like having government interfering in businesses with economic regulation (Kens 129). Kens discusses this dilemma in a new era in American legal history known as the Lochner era. The Supreme Court decisions during this period went against the tide of the country that wanted social reforms. Even President Roosevelt, a famed Progressive reformer disliked the Supreme Court ideology. Kens writes that Roosevelt says of the Supreme Court, “well-nigh or altogether insurmountable obstacles in the path of needed social reforms” (Kens 154). His claims are debated by scholars who do not liked that label placed on the Supreme Court and some even say the court was for reforms but needed different wording (Kens
In the midst of the Progressive Era, there were reforms and regulations to make society better for all, and not only the wealthy class. But the Lochner case showed that the Supreme Court did not like having government interfering in businesses with economic regulation (Kens 129). Kens discusses this dilemma in a new era in American legal history known as the Lochner era. The Supreme Court decisions during this period went against the tide of the country that wanted social reforms. Even President Roosevelt, a famed Progressive reformer disliked the Supreme Court ideology. Kens writes that Roosevelt says of the Supreme Court, “well-nigh or altogether insurmountable obstacles in the path of needed social reforms” (Kens 154). His claims are debated by scholars who do not liked that label placed on the Supreme Court and some even say the court was for reforms but needed different wording (Kens