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Helvering v. Davis 301 U.S. 619 (1937) was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that Social Security was constitutionally permissible as an exercise of the federal power to spend for the general welfare and did not contravene the 10th Amendment. The Court defended the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935 requiring only that welfare spending be for the common benefit as distinguished from some mere local purpose.