Legal News for Tues 3/11 - James Ho Speaks to Federalist Society, Quits FJA Over Politicization, SCOTUS Takes Case on CO Conversion Therapy Ban and Elite Colleges Fight Higher Taxes on Endowments
This Day in Legal History: Lend-Lease Act
On March 11, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law, fundamentally reshaping U.S. foreign policy during World War II. The legislation empowered the President to provide military aid to countries deemed essential to American national security, even if they could not immediately pay for the supplies. This marked a decisive shift from the nation’s prior isolationist stance, allowing Roosevelt to support the Allies without directly engaging in combat. Under the act, the United States sent over $50 billion in war materials…
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