Social Security Act
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It serves as the basis for statutes ranging from Medicaid to the Social Security Act to the Clean Air Act.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
When he signed the Social Security Act in 1935, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said the program was to provide “at least some measure of protection to the average citizen and his family…against poverty-ridden old age.”
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
This requirement to invest surpluses in U.S. government obligations dates back to the 1935 Social Security Act.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
Another example is federal unemployment insurance, which was adopted in the 1935 Social Security Act and significantly expanded over the ensuing decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
It is the conception which the Court invokes throughout its decisions in sustaining the Social Security Act of 1935 and supplementary state legislation.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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