Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
May 1, 2023
The Dust Bowl and the Supreme Court (Part I)
While the Supreme Court majority limited itself to the commerce clause, it recognized two important concepts in Edwards v. California. First, the nation's people have become more mobile. Second, the Great Depression is recognized as a national calamity, with national causes and need for national solutions.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
John Steinbeck's Great Depression epic The Grapes of Wrath narrates the fictional Joad family's journey from drought-stricken Oklahoma to California's San Joaquin Valley.
This journey was duplicated in real life, as 2.5 million people fled Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and surrounding states during the 1920s and '30s. However, the destination states, California foremost, resisted this migration until the U.S. Supreme Court sto...
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