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Timeline: FDR and the Supreme Court
| May 27, 1935 | "Black Monday" Schechter, |
| May 31, 1935 | FDR "horse and buggy" quote |
| August 1935 | Guffey Coal Conservation Act passed after NRA Codes overturned in Schechter. |
| January 6, 1936 | Butler AAA decision |
| May 18, 1936 | Carter Case strikes down Guffey Coal Act |
| June 1, 1936 | Morehead. NY law setting minimum wage standards for women is overturned, Robert joining in 5-4 decision, creating a Constitutional no-man's land. |
| November, 1936 | FDR wins landslide |
| December 19, 1936 | Parrish case is voted on. Stone is ill so the decision is withheld until he can return. Robert's vote is settled. |
| January 20, 1937 | Second Inaugural Address |
| February 1, 1937 | Borah warns "hands off" Supreme Court |
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February 5, 1937 | FDR announces plan for reorganizing the judiciary |
| February 9, 1937 | Argument begins for NLRB v. Laughlin... |
| March 9, 1937 | FDR's Fireside Chat |
| March 22, 1937 | Hughes letter to Wheeler |
| March 29, 1937 | Parrish "the switch in time that saved nine" |
| April 12, 1937 | Laughlin Decided. |
| May 18, 1937 | Justice Van Devanter announces his retirement |
| May 24, 1937 | validated unemployment insurance provisions in SSA and ruled old-age pensions constitutional (Stewart, Helvring) |
| June 14, 1937 | The adverse report of the Senate Judiciary Committee is released. |
| July 14, 1937 | Senator Robinson dies |
| July 22 | The Bill is recommitted to committee. |
| August 26, 1937 | FDR signs revised legislation |
| August | Names Hugo Black to Court |
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