Lochner v. New York · ¶46

When this court had before it the question of the constitutionality of a statute of Kansas making it a. criminal offense for a contractor for public work to permit or require his employés to perform labor upon such work in excess of eight hours each day,.it was contended that the statute was in derogation, of the liberty both of employés and employer. It.was further contended that the Kansas statute'- was mischievous in. its. tendencies! This court, while disposing of the question only as it affected public work, held that the Kansas statute was. not void under the Fourteenth Amendment.' But it took occasion to say wfiat may well be here repeated: ‘‘The responsibility therefor rests upon legislators,' not upon the courts. No.evils arising - from such, legislation could be more far-reaching than those that might come to our system of government if- thé judiciary, abandoning the sphere…

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 198, at 45 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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