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The Constitutional Revolution of 1937—Helvering and Wickard

  • Writer: Jeff Kellick
    Jeff Kellick
  • Nov 2, 2025
  • 1 min read

From General Welfare to the Great Society - Ep. 04



One year. 1937. A handful of Supreme Court decisions. And the entire structure of American federalism—limits on spending, boundaries between federal and state authority, judicial protection of economic liberty—all of it swept away.


This is Episode 4, this is the constitutional revolution. The moment Hamilton’s vision finally, completely, and irreversibly triumphs over Madison’s restraint.

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