In the Lochner v. New York case of 1905, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not

In Lochner v. New York (1905), the Supreme Court struck down a New York law limiting bakery workers’ hours. The Court held that the law violated the liberty of contract protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, so states could not regulate working hours in this way. The correct choice is “regulate working hours.”

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