If you want to catch a glimpse of what America would look like under President Scott Walker, you need to turn back the clock to one of the darkest periods in 20th century American history – the Lochner Era.

Here’s a little history lesson just in case you don’t know what I’m talking about. In the early 1900s, a bakery owner named Joseph Lochner sued the state of New York over its Bakeshop Act, which limited the number of hours bakery employees could work to 10 hours a day and 60 hours a week.

Lochner lost in the case in the New York Court of Appeals, but when he took it to the Supreme Court in 1905, he got the result he wanted. In a close 5 to 4 decision, the justices struck down the Bakeshop Act, citing Lochner’s right under the 14th Amendment to run his business without “state interference.”

Apparently, the Bakeshop Act violated that most fundamental of liberties -- the right of employers to work their employees to death. No one knew so at the time, but this ended being a big turning point in American history.

From when the Lochner case was decided in 1905 until the mid-1930s, the Supreme Court would go on all-out rampage against workers’ rights.

Read more here.

-Thom

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Thursday's Daily Stack

Quote: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." -- Eric Hoffer.

Article: "How Scott Walker and His Allies Hijacked the Wisconsin Supreme Court" by Pema Levy.

Article: "Wis. Supreme Court ends Walker campaign investigation" by AP.

Article: "John Kasich won’t be at Koch brothers’ event in Columbus" by Darrel Rowland.

Article: "Chris Christie Says Obama 'Lied' to America About Iran Deal " by Elise Young.

Article: "Is Conservative Media One Big "Racket"?" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Cruz, Trump had 'a delightful conversation'" by Jeremy Diamond and Theodore Schleifer.

Article: "If the GOP tries to sink the Iran deal, it won’t be the first time" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Don't Count Out the GOP from Trying to Sink Obama's Historic Iran Deal: They've Done It Before" by Thom Hartmann.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here’s the latest information we’ve got... This is treason. ... "

Law: "McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission", 2014.

Case: "Lochner v. New York" by 1905.

Law: "Tillman Act of 1907".

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Wisconsin Republican County Clerk Claims She Misplaced 6,500 Votes For Justice Prosser, Her Former Boss" by Ian Millhiser Apr 8, 2011.

Event: July 29, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Denton, TX "Denton for Bernie Sanders Meetup".

Event: July 29, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: "Birmingham, Alabama".

Hour Two: After 50 Years of Success...How About Medicare For All?
- David Hogberg, National Center For Public Policy Research/Medicare's Victims: How the U.S. Government's Largest Health Care Program Harms Patients and Impairs Physicians

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: Here's What Republicans In Congress Are Busy With" by EarlG.

Article: "Obama Scolds Major Garrett For 'Nonsense' Question" by Paige Lavender.

If I Only Had a Brain Alert:: "Woman Tells Police Obama Legalized Counterfeiting" by David Moye.

Site: "Puppet 4 President".

Video: Look for the Union Label 1978 ILGWU ad.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 7/16" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 7/15" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Extraordinary rendition" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jesting, McCain Sings: 'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb' Iran" by Don Gonyea.

Article: "Planned Parenthood Video Prompts Congressional Action" by Alan Fram.

Article: "House approves $8 billion highway funding extension" by Keith Laing.

Video: Bernie Sanders Rally in Madison, Wisconsin, Jul 1, 2015.

Video: Full Scott Walker Presidential announcement ceremony, Jul 13, 2015.

Article: "Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Redistricting Commission, Warding Off Gerrymandering" by Mark Joseph Stern.

Article: "Michigan Doctor Gets 45 Years in Prison for Hurting Patients" by Ed White.

Article: "Something Very Strange Is Happening RIGHT NOW! Jade Helm 15 Begins Same Day Service Outages Reported Across America By Multiple Providers!" by Susan Duclos.

Article: "Starve the beast" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.

Book: Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, The Mafia, and The CIA by Lamar Waldron.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Speech: "Cornerstone Speech" by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, on March 21, 1861.

Video: "Ronald Reagan States' Rights Speech in Philadelphia, MS", August 3, 1980.

Article: "Mississippi civil rights workers' murders" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Southern strategy" by Wikipedia.

Audio: "Koch Whore: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker" by Ian Murphy.

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