Schechter, << SHEHK tuhr, >> v. United States was a 1935 case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) of 1933 was unconstitutional. The NIRA, a basic part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, empowered the president to set up codes of fair competition for businesses and industries. It was based on the federal government’s constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce (trade between states). The Schechter Poultry Corporation of New York City was convicted of violating NIRA code. The Supreme Court found the NIRA unconstitutional because, according to the court, the law excessively delegated legislative power to the president and to industry trade groups. The court also held that the NIRA intruded on states’ powers to regulate intrastate commerce (trade within a state). The full name of the case is A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. et al. v. United States.
See Interstate commerce (Interstate commerce today) ; National Recovery Administration .
