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America is predominantly a capitalist nation with a safety net for the economically less fortunate, so decisions influencing who gets what, when, how, and why can be critical economic issues in politics and law. Relying on McCloskey’s theory of the three constitutional eras, we show that the Marshall Court relied on economic rights to bolster federal power, the Court from Chief Justice Taney to the Great Depression permitted business rights to flourish as the nation increasingly became industrialized, and Court decisions since the New Deal have emphasized individual civil rights as well as economic rights in a more regulated economy. |
