DVC Wk 2 Business Law NLRB v Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp of 1937 Case Discussion

Week-2 Discussion, NLRB v. Jones &Laughlin Steel Corp. of 1937 ADear class,
Google this case. Read it and take a position. Remember the rubric.
The turning point in the interpretation of the commerce clause came with the 1937 case, NLRB v. Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corp. The previous year, in the Carter v. Carter Coal Co case, the court invalidated a program,
initiated under the New Deal, that had tried to regulate the labor practices of coal firms on the basis that these
practices were local, and therefore had only an indirect impact on interstate commerce. In NLRB v. Jones &
Laughlin Steel Corp, the court deviated from that decision by ruling that Congress could regulate employment
practices at a steel plant because any stoppages at that plant would have a serious, detrimental impact on
interstate commerce. The court concluded that since the steel industry is a networked industry that
incorporates mines, plants, and factories from Minnesota to Pennsylvania, the manufacturing of steel properly
falls under the jurisdiction of the commerce clause. In summing up, the court concluded that…..
Discussion Board Rubric
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1. Each student must post their initial posting by Saturday of the week.
2. 10 points per week. 2 points for posting your thread by Saturday, 2 points for proper referencing, 2 points for a proper thesis statement, 3 points for properly responding to other students and 1 point for
grammar.
3. 3 total posts per week, one is your initial posting, the 2 others are your responses to other students.
4. All discussion boards close at midnight on Monday night, Western standard time.
5. Students must post 3 references in terms of their initial posting. 1 of the references can be from the book, however, 2 outside sources are additionally required, do not use Wikipedia, all sources have to be
proper per MLA or APA standards.