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how did the new deal impact the
scope of the tenth amendment?
in the early part of the twentieth century, the supreme court relied on
the tenth amendment in resisting expanded assertions of national power.
however, during the new deal, congress enacted a range of federal
regulatory programs, such as social security, designed to stabilize the
economy, protect workers, and promote the general welfare. once the court
acquiesced in the new deal's vision of a more active federal government,
the tenth amendment receded from view. from the late 1930's to the
mid-1970's, the tenth amendment essentially disappeared from u. s.
constitutional law. after a brief reemergence, the tenth amendment went
back underground in 1985, before returning, apparently to stay, in 1992.