LAD #23: Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act was passed by Congress, and signed by the President, however it was later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Originally, the act forbade children to work over eight hours, and set age minimums for children to work in factories and mills. It was supported by the fact that the national government had the right to regulate interstate commerce, yet ironically, the same argument shut down the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act by the Supreme Court. The Fair Labor in 1938 later worked to help reduce child labor, which was led to by the KOWCLA.